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BEE PASTURAGE AND PRODUCTS. 
haivest. Raspberries, especially the red varieties, yield an ex- 
cessive flow of excellent honey. The month of June brings the 
white clover, which, in the older parts of the country, is usually 
I he chief source of surplus honey, and of great value everywhere. 
It continues in blossom about two months, yielding large quanti- 
ties of superior honey. The tulip-tree, by some called poplar, 
by others, whitewood, blossoms soon after the appearance of the 
white clover, and secretes much pure saccharine matter, nearly a 
teaspoonful being often contained in one of its large bell-shaped 
flowers. W e once had an apiary located near the grove of this 
timber, and every fine morning, during the time it was in blos- 
som, the bees seemed to be swarming over a ten acre field in the 
direction of the grove. Catnip, borage, strawberries, honey- 
suckles, mignonette, hoarhound, motherwort, and various kinds of 
garden flowers, are rich in honey and valuable when in sufficient 
quantities. The locust tree, either yellow or black, is a great 
producer of honey, and while in bloom, the bees will swarm 
around it to the neglect of other flowers. About the first of July, 
the linden or basswood opens its ten thousand fragrant petals. 
AV here this timber abounds, the bees reap from it a rich harvest. 
Mustard is, also, an especial favorite. Corn tassels afford much 
pollen, and vines of the pumpkin, squash, &c., yield honey. In 
some seasons, what is called “honey dew,” makes its appearance 
0,1 the vegetation. It is usually confined to a few varieties of 
trees, giving the leaves a glossy appearance, and is sometimes so 
copious as to make them quite sticky. The dew of each suc- 
ceeding morning makes it available till a rain dissolves and 
washes it away. 
