. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. FIG. 2.—SOLIDAGO SQUARROSA. (Photograph by Sladen.) ble, although there is very little honey from goldenrod in Iowa from any species. Along the upper Mississippi, in the northeastern counties, a few beekeepers report goldenrod. In other sections of the state beekeepers report that they have never seen a bee on the plant. Dr. L. H. Pammel, botanist at the State Experiment Sta- tion, reports nine species of golden- rods common to this state. He lists S. serotina, S. canadensis, and S. graminifolia, as furnishing some honey here. If Lovell is right about
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. FIG. 2.—SOLIDAGO SQUARROSA. (Photograph by Sladen.) ble, although there is very little honey from goldenrod in Iowa from any species. Along the upper Mississippi, in the northeastern counties, a few beekeepers report goldenrod. In other sections of the state beekeepers report that they have never seen a bee on the plant. Dr. L. H. Pammel, botanist at the State Experiment Sta- tion, reports nine species of golden- rods common to this state. He lists S. serotina, S. canadensis, and S. graminifolia, as furnishing some honey here. If Lovell is right about all species yielding nectar under some conditions, then all are of interest to the beekeeper, and only the question remains of learning the conditions under which each species develops most favorably. If all do not yield nectar it is important that we learn to distinguish between the species which are valuable honey plants and. those which are troublesome weeds. Richter lists only two species of this plant as important in (I'alifornia. The western goldenrod, S. occiden- talis, he mentions as common in wet places such as marshes and river banks, from August to October, yield- ing an amber honey. S. californica, the common goldenrod of the coast, he describes as common on dry plains and hillsides or mountains through- out the state, from August to Decem- ber. He lists it as a fair honey plant. Scholl reports goldenrods as com- mon to all parts of Texas and states that the honey yield is good in favor- able seasons when it is not too dry. He reports a long season, from April to November, but gives no list of the species furnishing nectar in that re- gion. Sladen reports finding eleven spe- cies of goldenrods about Ottawa. He. FIG. 3.—SOLIDAGO HISPIDA. (Photograph by Sladen.) finds that individually the canadensis group produce comparatively little nectar, but their great abundance makes them important collectively. Sladen also notes the variation of the plant under different
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