. The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture. he dwarf (quick-growing) varieties of cowpeas( Yigna sinensis) extensively grown in the South forforage and green manuring. Vetches are of recog-nized value for the same purposes, especially theRussian hairy vetch (Vicia villosa). Sacaline (Poly-gonum saehaiinense) and fiat peas (Lathyrns sylves-tris) are visited by bees, and in certain situationsmay be found of value otherwise. Peppermint{Mentha piperita) yields well in July and (Pastinaca sativa) when grown for seedare assiduously visited by bees for honey duringJune. Ju
. The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture. he dwarf (quick-growing) varieties of cowpeas( Yigna sinensis) extensively grown in the South forforage and green manuring. Vetches are of recog-nized value for the same purposes, especially theRussian hairy vetch (Vicia villosa). Sacaline (Poly-gonum saehaiinense) and fiat peas (Lathyrns sylves-tris) are visited by bees, and in certain situationsmay be found of value otherwise. Peppermint{Mentha piperita) yields well in July and (Pastinaca sativa) when grown for seedare assiduously visited by bees for honey duringJune. July, and August. Gorse or furze (Uleaeuropams) for forage may prove valuable in some localities here, as itis highly esteemed in some parts of Europe. Its odorous yellow biossoms. much frequented by bees, appear in May. Filbert bushes (orylusavellana) will grow in many portions of our country, yielding, besidesnuts, an abundance of early pollen, even in February or March. Thecarob tree (Ceratonia sili<iu<< succeeds in the Southwest, yielding a. Fig. 49—Russian or hairyvetch ( Vicia ril 62 MANUAL OF APICULTURE. crop of economic value, besides a harvest in late summer for bees. Itis also a fine ornamental tree. There are no finer shade or ornamentaltrees for the lawn or roadside than lindens (basswoods) and horse-chest-nuts. To these chestnut, locust, sourwood, and tulip trees may beadded. The timber of all is useful; and since they are great honeyyielders their propagation near the apiary is very desirable. Bees range ordinarily within 2 or 3 miles in all directions from theirhomes, but sometimes go farther. Pasturage to be especially valuable,however, should be within 2 miles, and less than a mile distant tothe main source is quite preferable. The advantage is probably not somuch in the saving of time in going back and forth, for bees fly withgreat rapidity, but because when sudden storms arise, especially thoseaccompanied by high winds, the heavily laden bees are mor
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