. Bees and how to keep Bees. 30 Comb-honey should be kept in a dry warm place from the time it is removed from the hive until it is sold, and it calls for a package protecting it from dust and insects. For selling it in quantity a glass-fronted shipping case containing 12 or 24 sections is perhaps the most satisfactory package. Single sections may be enclosed in cardboard Fig. 29.—Dandelion. LIST OF PRINCIPAL HONEY-PRODUCING PLANTS WITH THEIR APPROXIMATE SEASONS OF YIELD FOR BROOD-REARING Willows.—Mid-April to mid-May; on the Pacific coast, March. Maples, various species.—The
. Bees and how to keep Bees. 30 Comb-honey should be kept in a dry warm place from the time it is removed from the hive until it is sold, and it calls for a package protecting it from dust and insects. For selling it in quantity a glass-fronted shipping case containing 12 or 24 sections is perhaps the most satisfactory package. Single sections may be enclosed in cardboard Fig. 29.—Dandelion. LIST OF PRINCIPAL HONEY-PRODUCING PLANTS WITH THEIR APPROXIMATE SEASONS OF YIELD FOR BROOD-REARING Willows.—Mid-April to mid-May; on the Pacific coast, March. Maples, various species.—The Pacific coast species are especially valuable, but the Manitoba maple and some of the eastern species are unimportant. April and May. Dandelion.—Will often produce surplus honey in a favourable season. May and early June. On the Pacific coast, April. Apple, Plum, Cherry and Peach Orchards.—In places where apples are grown extensively surplus honey is obtained from apple bloom in favourable seasons. May and early June. On the Pacific coast, April. Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), known locally by the Indian name " Kini- kinic," Kootenays, , and other places. The abundant nectar in this plant is not entirely within reach of the bees, May. Blueberries.—Eastern Canada, 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 Gooderham, C. B; Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Ottawa : Department of Agriculture
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