HONEYBEES AND HONEY PRODUCTION. 51 
Table XV. — Sources of surplus honey — Continued. 
State. 
Trees- 
Continued. 
Shrubs. 
Berries. 
Cultivated plants. 
Tupelo and other 
gums (Nyssa). 
Other. 
Gallberry (Ilex gla- 
bra). 
Sumac (Rhus). 
Other. 
Raspberry (Rubus 
strigosus and other 
species). 
Other. 
Buckwheat. 
Cotton. 
Other. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
P. ct. 
15.0 
5.0 
P. ct. 
A tItoti ccic 
5.0 
1.5 
3.5 
.5 
1.5 
3.0 
^/""vnTTi in (y 
2.0 
.4 
3.8 
43.8 
Arizona 
2.9 
Idaho 
.7 
3.0 
1.0 
19.4 
Oregon 
5.0 
34.8 
4.0 
1.5 
California 
.7 
United States average. 
3.1 
3.8 
1.6 
.7 
7.4 
.6 
.6 
2.9 
4.0 
1.7 
State. 
Miscellaneous. 
Blends. 
Aster. 
Goldenrod. 
Heartsease or heart- 
weed (Polygonum 
persicaria). 
Spanish needle (Bi- 
dens, Coreopsis). 
Other.i 
Alfalfa and sweet 
clover. 
Mixed clovers.2 
1 
Clover and bass- 
wood. 
u 
0) 
o 
Maine 
P;ct. 
2.3 
5.9 
P. ct. 
12.9 
13.6 
.3 
5.5 
15.0 
17.3 
2.1 
4.5 
11.5 
10.0 
P. ct. 
P.ct. 
P. ct. 
1.4 
P.ct. 
P.ct. 
1.6 
P. ct. 
1.3 
21.0 
16.3 
3.0 
p. ct. 
3.4 
19.0 
6. 1 
35.5 
30.0 
New Hampshire 
4.5 
6.6 
10.0 
5.4 
.3 
3.8 
5.0 
11.7 
Massachusetts 
Rhode Island 
5.0 
8.0 
.4 
5.0 
2.5 
4.0 
Coimecticut 
New York 
.4 
4.2 
2.5 
7.0 
11.0 
10.0 
5.0 
11.7 
3.5 
4.7 
3.0 
7.0 
26.0 
13.1 
5.0 
New Jersey 
Pennsylvania 
Delaware 
» Including horsemint (Monardo), 14 per cent in Texas; fireweed ( Chamaenerion angusti, 
folium), 1 per cent in Maine, 3 per cent in Minnesota, 22 per cent in Washington, 5 per cent in 
.Oregon, trace in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Idaho; partridge pea ( Chamaecrista fasciculata), 
10 per cent in Georgia, 7 per cent in Florida; wild vetches, 15 per cent in South Carolina. 
* Principally alsike and white clover, but mostly white and sweet clover in South Dakota, 
Nebraska, and Elansas. 
3 Including other blends with clover; 3 per cent in New York, 11 per cent in New Jersey, 
3 per cent in Permsylvania, 12 per cent in Maryland, 4 per cent in Virginia, and 20 per cent 
in North Carolina. Mostly aster and goldenrod. 
