. Gleanings in bee culture . ck in anyglue. To this manner of putting in sections,and the full-sized foundation, I ascribe thebeautiful cakes of honey my bees are turn-ing out. By actual weight I found two su- coasts, though the yields from it on thewest coast have never equaled those on theeast. There are two mangroves, red andblack, that are very common, both growingside by side. The ialack is the only one val-uable for honey. It flourishes best on thekeys (and adjoining mainland) that skirtthe coast from Tampa on the west to Or-mond on the east coast; does not thrivenorth of the 29th parall
. Gleanings in bee culture . ck in anyglue. To this manner of putting in sections,and the full-sized foundation, I ascribe thebeautiful cakes of honey my bees are turn-ing out. By actual weight I found two su- coasts, though the yields from it on thewest coast have never equaled those on theeast. There are two mangroves, red andblack, that are very common, both growingside by side. The ialack is the only one val-uable for honey. It flourishes best on thekeys (and adjoining mainland) that skirtthe coast from Tampa on the west to Or-mond on the east coast; does not thrivenorth of the 29th parallel. The honey frommangrove is white, probably the whitesthoney in the State. The body is ratherthin, though better on the Keys than onthe mainland. In flavor it is very sweetand mild, with just the barest suggestion ofa salty nature that is not at all is usually pronounced first-class, andeasily ranks with the four best honeys ofthe State—I mean orange, palmetto, tupelo, 214 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE Apr. 1. FOSTERS OUTDOOR SLEEPING-ROOM OVER THE PAGE 219. and mangrove. Up to the year of the bigfreeze in 1895 it was the greatest honey-yield-er known to the apicultural world, barringnone. It is also a very interesting plant formany other reasons.* 10. Sensitive pea {Cha7naecrista), com-monly called partridge pea, because its seedsare so relished by the quail. It is a toughweed of the senna family, growing allthrough the high pine lands of the northernhalf of the peninsula, in great summer, here,*l for example, the woodsare yellow for mileswith it as far as theeye can see. It growsfrom two to three feethigh, as Mr. .1. ., of Cordele,Georgia, has alreadypointed out in thesecolumns. It has avery long bloom-pe-riod, from .luly tomid-September, andyields honey everyyear unless the sum-mer rains are tooheavy, as was thecase the past sum-mer. Then its qual-ity and quantity areinferior. The honeyhas a very pretty hue,light amber and ver
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