HOITEYBEES AND HOITEY PRODUCTION. 45 
Table XIV. — Principal plants furnishing nectar and pollen; average dates 
of beginning and ending of blooming periods — Continued. 
State. 
Shrubs— Contd. 
Miscellaneous.! 
Sumac (Rhus). 
Raspberry {Rubus 
strigosus and 
other species). 
Buckwheat. 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. 
Begin. 
End. 
June 10 
July 5 
July 20 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 15 
Sept. 1 
Sept. 1 
Aug. 25 
J une 10 
June 10 
; 
J une 25 
June 23 

July 8 
July 6 
July 6 

Aug. 4 
Aug. 1 
July 29 
Connecticut 
June 1 
May 22 
May 20 
June 1 
June 15 
June 6 
June 5 
June 25 
July 20 
Aug. 4 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 4 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 5 
Aug. 8 
Aug. 5 
Aug. 8 
Aug. 10 
Aug. 31 
Aug. 21 
Sept. 7 
Aug. 25 
Sept. 5 
Sept. 8 
Sept. 1 
Spet. 10 
June 19 
■;■ 
July 9 
Maryland 
May 20 
June 15 
June 10 
June 10 
June 20 
July 5 
'KJfn-rr 1 EC 
May 10 
June 5 
Aug. 9 
Aug. 2 
Sept. 10 
Sept. 6 
June 17 
June 1 
July 18 
June 26 
Aug. 9 
July 29 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 10 
Sept. 7 
Aug. 31 
Sept. 1 
Sept. 5 
Wisconsin 
Minnesota 
lowa^ 
North Dakota 
South Dakota 
Nebraska 
Kansas ... 
July 1 
July 31 
Kentucky 
Aug. 5 
Sept. 1 
1 Cotton, principally July and August throughout the cotton belt. Horsemint ( ifonarda), 
Texas, May 10 to June 27. Pennyroyal {Hedeoma), Florida, November to February. Part- 
ridge pea ( Chamaecrista fasciculata), Florida, July to September. Spanish needle iBidens, 
CoreoTsis), North Central States, late August to late September. Fire weed or willow herb 
{Chamaenerion angmtifolium): Idaho, July 15 to Aug. 30; Michigan, July 15 to Sejit. 15; 
Minnesota, Aug. 15 to Sept. 20; Oregon. July 1 to Oct. 1; Washington, July 1 to Aug. 30; Wis- 
consin, Aug. 15 to Sept. 20. Dandelion, during May in most Northern and Western States. 
