. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. The Sources of Nectar and Pollen 393 Asters, Sunflower, Spanish Needle, Sage Brush, Pireweed, Thistle, Canada Thistle and Spikeweed. This is a most important family from the standpoint of the beekeeper. Thoroughwort; see Boneset. Tickseed; see Spanish Needle. Tiliaceae ; see Linden family. Ti-ti, leatherwood, iron-wood, Cyrilla racemiflora. Evergreen shrub to 35 feet, flowers small, white in narrow racemes. May- July, February-March in Florida. Honey red, flavor strong, good only for baking. Vir
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bees; Honey. The Sources of Nectar and Pollen 393 Asters, Sunflower, Spanish Needle, Sage Brush, Pireweed, Thistle, Canada Thistle and Spikeweed. This is a most important family from the standpoint of the beekeeper. Thoroughwort; see Boneset. Tickseed; see Spanish Needle. Tiliaceae ; see Linden family. Ti-ti, leatherwood, iron-wood, Cyrilla racemiflora. Evergreen shrub to 35 feet, flowers small, white in narrow racemes. May- July, February-March in Florida. Honey red, flavor strong, good only for baking. Virginia to Florida to Texas, of value chiefly in Georgia and Florida. Not a reliable source, as the nectar is washed out by rains, which are frequent during blooming period in Florida. Precedes tupelo in Appalachicola region. Black ti-ti, Cliftonia sp., blooms later and is more reliable. Tobacco, Nicotina Tabacum. Nectar locally, especially in Con- necticut, honey fair. Tree of heaven ; see AUanthus. Trumpet-creeper family, Bignoniaoese; see Catalpa and Desert Willow. Tule, Scirpus sp. â ^ Reported as a honey-plant from interior valleys of Cal- ifornia ; probar bly incorrect. Tulip or yellow poplar, poplar, white wood, cucumber tree, tidip tree, Li- riodendron Tu- lipifera (Fig. 160). Tree to 175 feet, flow- ers 2 inches wide, resem- bling tulips, greenish yel- low, orange inside. May-June. Honey dark amber, of pronounced flavor. In woods, eastern half of United States. Especially abundant in Ohio Valley and southern Appalachian moun- tains. An unusually heavy and reliable Fig. 160. â Tulip Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Phillips, Everett Franklin, 1878-1951. New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co. , ltd.
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