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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, Musaeese; see Banana. 
Barberry, Berberis vulgaris. Pollen, nectar. 
Barberry family, Berberidace«B; 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 honey-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 northeasts 
ern United States and in 
mountains south to Geor¬ 
gia, west to Nebraska. 
Formerly much more 
abundant. The culti¬ 
vated species, T. europiea, 
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 honey-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. europiea. T. heterophylla is also common 
(called bee-tree). T. pubescens has a more southern distribu¬ 
tion. The other species of Tiliaceas are mainly tropical. 
Bayberry; see Sweet-Gale. 
Bayberry family, Myricaceae; see Sweet-Gale. 
Bearberry; see Manzanita. 
Fig. 147. — Basswood. 
