. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American "Bgc Joarnalj luxuriantly along the roadsid s does not necessarily prove that the adjoin- ing fields contain the proper bacteria. It is always well to make sure, and in- oculation is orw of the conditions that must be complied with in order to be reasonably sure of securing a stand. Champaign, III. ( Jo /><? concluded next month.) The Honey-Producing Plants— " Yellow Fall Flowers" BY FR.\NK C. PELLETT. IN preparing this series for the Ameri- can Bee Journal no effort will be made to consider the honey-plants in any partic
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American "Bgc Joarnalj luxuriantly along the roadsid s does not necessarily prove that the adjoin- ing fields contain the proper bacteria. It is always well to make sure, and in- oculation is orw of the conditions that must be complied with in order to be reasonably sure of securing a stand. Champaign, III. ( Jo /><? concluded next month.) The Honey-Producing Plants— " Yellow Fall Flowers" BY FR.\NK C. PELLETT. IN preparing this series for the Ameri- can Bee Journal no effort will be made to consider the honey-plants in any particular botanical order. Rather will they be grouped as to col- ors and seasons of blooming. In fact, no great importance is attached to the printed matter in connection with these pictures. It is the special design to obtain a series of photographs that will enable the beekeeper to recognize the principal plants that contribute to his honey crop or supply pollen at a time when it is of special value. In many cases two or three pictures of each plant will be shown in order to give a near view of flower and leaf and also a view of the whole plant. CUl' PLANT. During the late summer and fall months there is a variety of coarse weeds with yellow flowers common along roadsides and in waste places that are the source of considerable honey. Of these, golden-rod and wild sunflower are commonly spoken of as honey-plants. There are several others equally valuable where they are suffi- ciently abundant. The first to be men- tioned will be a cup plant (Silphium terfotialum), also commonly called rosin weed. Figure 1 shows the plant and Fig. 2 the flowers. Bv looking closely at the picture, it will be seen that the stem is square, and that the leaves are grown together at the base, thus making a cup around the stem, from which the name is derived. These plants are abundant on rich lands along streams and sometimes on up- lands in the Mississippi valley and eastward. They grow from four to e
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