HONEYBEES AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 41 
Table XIV. — Principal plants furnishing nectar and pollen; average dates 
of beginning and ending of blooming periods — Continued. 
State. 
Trees.i 
Deciduous fruit 
trees.2 
Basswood (linden). 
Gums.3 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. 
Maine 
June 1 
June 15 
July 21 
Aug. 2 
May 15 
May 13 
May 25 
May 30 
July 10 
July 5 
July 24 
July 25 
Connecticut 
May 1 
May 9 
Apr. 26 
May 1 
June 1 
May 25 
May 21 
May 12 
July 10 
July 8 
July 25 
July 20 
June 30 
July 22 
Apr. 20 
Apr. 13 
Apr. 20 
May 15 
May 5 
May 10 
June 20 
June 25 
June 20 
July 10 
June 30 
July 5 
July 5 
Aug. 1 
May 1 
May 20 
Georgia 
Apr. 3 
May 5 
Apr. 10 
Mar. 10 
May 6 
Apr. 25 
Apr. 22 
Apr. 19 
Apr. 17 
May 12 
May 12 
May 9 
May 12 
May 10 
May 28 
May 20 
June 24 
June 20 
June 21 
July 2 
July 8 
July 10 
July 1 
June 12 
July 12 
July 5 
July 7 
July 18 
July 25 
July 25 
July 15 
June 28 
Xllinois 
Michigan 
Apr. 29 
Apr. 10 
May 16 
Apr. 28 
July 1 
July 15 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Apr. 19 
Apr. 12 
Apr. 8 
Apr. 10 
May 9 
May 8 
Apr. 28 
May 10 
June 8 
June 15 
June 13 
June 26 
July 1 
June 22 
Kentucky 
Apr. 9 
Apr. 10 
Mar. 25 
May 10 
May 5 
Apr. 18 
Apr. 15 
Apr. 25 
1 Black rmngroYQ (A vicennia), Florida, June 20 to July 25. Cabbage palmetto (^SdbaT), 
Florida, June 13 to July 15. Saw palmetto {Serenoa), Florida, May 10 to June 15. Orange: 
California, Mar. 22 to May 5; Florida, February to March. Maple: January in south Florida, 
February in Gulf Coast States, March south of latitude of Maryland and April north of it, 
and into the first half of May in the northern tier of States. 
* Principally apple; Georgia, peach. Mar. 1 to Apr. 1. 
» Tupelo on the Gulf coast blooms in March, and other gums mostly in April. 
