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16. E. pilidaris (Blackbutt). 
Reputed a fair yielder of good honey. ... " It blooms during March and 
part of April, and is usually a good yielder of good light honey." (Shallard.) 
17. E. polyanthemos (Red Box). 
18. E. populifolia (Bimble or Shiny-leaved Box). 
A very free-flowering, dry-country species. 
19. E. propinqua and E. punctata (Grey Gums). 
" Grey Gum comes in about the same time (as Blackbutt) but it is not at all 
a certain yielder, although when it is ' on the job,' there are few that can beat it, and 
I have known an apiary of 250 hives to fill up every ten days from this bloom alone. 
As the hives would average 30 Ib. an extract, and the flow lasted six weeks, the yield can 
easily be estimated." (Shallard.) 
20. E. rndiata (as E. amyr/cbil ina) (a Peppermint). 
Very good, honey excellent in flavour, and of good colour (Forester Rotton. 
Pit-ton). 
21. E. rdnista (Swamp Mahogany). 
Conu-s uft4-r Spotted Gum and Bloodwood (Forester Rudder, Booral). Mr, 
Shallard says he never saw bees working much on it. 
22. E. rostrata (Murray H<-d Gum). 
Most foresters speak of the great value of this tree to bee-keepers, though one 
or two speak less favourably than the others. 
23. E. sideroxylon (Mugga or Red Ironbark). 
This is the next valuable to Yellow Box (E. melliodora) for honey (Forester 
Postlethwaite, Grenfell). 
24. E. Sieberiana (a Mountain Ash). 
A good honey-plant, as it flowers abundantly, and is a favourite with bees 
(Forester Allan, Milton). Very good honey, nice and clear, of good flavour, but rather 
thin (Fon-ster Rotton, Picton). 
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25. E. tereticornis (Forest Red Gum). 
A useful species, though one of those which produces a rather dark honey. 
26. E. tessellaris (Carbecn). 
Valuable as a honey plant (Forester McGee, Narrabri). 
27. E. viminalis (Ribbony Gum). 
Flowers profusely, honey excellent in flavour and of good colour. It is a great 
elp to the bees, as the other principal honey-producing plants are then without 
nowere (Forester Benson, Bega). 
