American honey plants, together with those which are of special value to the beekeeper as sources of pollen by Pellett Frank Chapman 1879-1951

Author:Pellett, Frank Chapman, 1879-1951
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Honey plants
Publisher: Hamilton, Ill., American Bee Journal
Published: 1920-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS

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Fig. 94. The

nuiii'.ent plant (J fa) is a striking plant which, once seen, is

not likely to be forgotten

AMERICAN HOXEY PLANTS

as an ornamental and has escaped and become naturalized in waste places, eld fields and along fences everywhere. It is probably not important to the beekeeper anywhere, but Richter lists it as a honey plant at Sacramento, California, and Scholl lists it as yielding some honey and pollen in Texas. At Victoria, Texas, according to M. B. Talley, morning glory yields surplus hone}- of fine quality in September. There it is called tievine.

MOTHERWORT (Leonurus Cardiaca).

The common motherwort is a weed introduced from Europe and Northern Asia. It is now quite generally naturalized from Canada to Florida and west to Louisiana. For some reason, it is seldom included in lists of honey plants, although it is said to be an excellent source of nectar. Reports of bees working on this plant very freely, in 1914, when most other plants failed to yield anything, were frequent.

The motherwort grows in clumps in waste places in old barn lots, along railroads, in factory grounds, etc. It grows from two to six feet high, with small flower clusters in the axils of the leaves. It is a relative of the catnip, and apparently equally attractive to the bees. This plant

Fig. 95. Clump of motherwort in barnyard.

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