BEE KEEPING IN MASSACHUSETTS. 93 
Table V. — List of the more important honey plants in Massachusetts — Cont'd. 
Name. 
Times 
reported. 
Fruit bloom (includes pear (Pyrus spp.), apple, cherry, peach, plum (Prunus spp.), etc.. 
Linden or basswood ( Til/a spp.) 
Buckwheal i Fagopyrum spp.) ■ 
Raspberry i Rvbus spp. ) 
Blackberry I Rubua spp. i 
Sumac ( Rhus pp.) 
Locust « (Robinia spp.) 
Maple {Acer spp.) 
Clethra (Clethra alnifolia) 
" Does not yield every year ; " Once in three years," one bee keeper says 
337 
160 
144 
103 
23 
LIST OF PLANTS REPORTED RELATIVELY FEW TIMES. 
(Reported from one 
Alder (Alnus spp.). 
Arnica, white flowering (Arnica mon- 
tana). 
Barberry (Berberis spp.). 
Blueberry (Vaccinium spp.). 
Burdock (Arctium lappa). 
Buttercups (Ranunculus spp.). 
Button bush (Ccphalanthus occiden- 
tal is-). 
Cherry, wild [Prunus spp.). 
Chestnut (Castanet! dentata (marsh)). 
Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). 
Cowpeas (Vigna catjang). 
Cranberry ( T aeein ium spp. ) . 
Cucumber, cultivated (Cucumis spp.). 
Cucumber, wild (Micrampelis lobata). 
Dandelion (Taraxacum spp.). 
Elderberry (Samoucus spp.). 
Elm ( LI ntus spp.). 
Gentian, fringed (Gentiana crinita). 
Geranium, wild {Geranium spp.). 
Gill-over-the-ground (Glccoma hed- 
eracea ) . 
Gooseberry, wild and cultivated (Ribes 
spp.). 
to fifteen times.) 
Hickory (Hicoria spp.). 
Honeysuckle, Tartarian a (Lonicera 
tatarica ) . 
Horse chestnut (JEsculus spp.). 
Huckleberry (Gaylussacia spp.). 
Knot weed (Polygonum spp.). 
Milkweed (Asclepias spp.). 
Mints, catnip, etc. (Mentha spp.). 
Mustards, wild (Brassica spp.). 
New Jersey tea (Ceanothus amcri- 
canus). 
Radish (Raphanus spp.). 
Shad bush, wild (Amelanchicr botry- 
apium). 
Skunk cabbage (Spathyema fcetida). 
Strawberry, wild and cultivated 
(Fragaria spp.). 
Sunflowers (Hclianthus spp.). 
Syringa (Philadelphia* spp.). 
Thyme b (Thymus serpyllum) . 
Alburnum (Viburnum spp.). 
Willow (Salix spp.). 
Witch-hazel (Ilamamclis rirginiana). 
PERIODS OF NECTAR SECRETIONS IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES. 
Through the courtesy of several bee keepers the writer is able to 
present with considerable detail the periods of nectar secretion of 
a Reported of importance and very productive in Hampshire County. 
6 Jackson, Joseph J. 1894. Through Glade and Mead. Jackson (p. 293) 
lists it for Worcester County. It was also reported to the writer three times 
from Berkshire County. 
