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Azalea, wild honeysuckle, Azalea spp. Some nectar, pollen. 
Ball or button sage; see Sage. 
Banana, Musa spp. Cultivated in Florida and extensively in 
tropical America. Pollen. 
Banana family, Musacese; see Banana. 
Barberry, Berberis vulgaris. Pollen, nectar. 
Barberry family, Berberidaceae; see Barberry, Berberis pinnata 
and B. trifoliolata. 
Basswood, linden, whitewood, Tilia americana (Fig. 147). In 
forests and in moist soils, 
tree to 125 feet, leaves 
oblique, flowers borne on 
bracts 2-4 inches, June- 
July (usually at end of 
white clover honoy-flow). 
Honey light amber to 
white, flavor when un¬ 
mixed is pronounced (es¬ 
pecially if extracted when 
unripe) and not especially 
pleasant, but when mixed 
with white clover honey 
is exceptionally fine. In 
rich woods in northeast¬ 
ern United States and in 
mountains south to Geor¬ 
gia, west to Nebraska. 
Formerly much more 
abundant. The culti¬ 
vated species, T. europcea, 
is equally valuable when 
present. The wood is 
used in making the one-piece sections used almost universally 
for comb-honey. Nectar secretion quickly affected by adverse 
weather conditions. A heavy yielder when weather preceding 
the honoy-flow is favorable. The heavy cutting of these trees 
has greatly decreased the importance of this tree to the bee¬ 
keeper. The name linn (or lin) or lime tree is given to the 
European species, T. europaxi. T. heterophylla is also common 
(called bee-tree). T. pubescens has a more southern distribu¬ 
tion. The other species of Tiliaoete are mainly tropical. 
Bayberry; see Sweet-Gale. 
Bayberry family, Myricaceae ; see Sweet-Gale. 
Bearberry; see Manzanita. 
