. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 406 THE bbb-kbbper's guidb ; cies of Arctostaphylos), together with the willows and many other flowering plants, keep the bees busy from January till March. The Gilias, many of which furnish blue pollen, bloom in January and on till June. The wondrously fragrant orange and lemon hang out their profuse bloom even in January, and the lemon is always in bloom. Some species of gum eucalyp- FiG. Pepper. — 0; tus (Fig. 205) is in bloom nearly every month of the year. The beautiful peppers (Fig. 206), so exquisite in grace,
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. 406 THE bbb-kbbper's guidb ; cies of Arctostaphylos), together with the willows and many other flowering plants, keep the bees busy from January till March. The Gilias, many of which furnish blue pollen, bloom in January and on till June. The wondrously fragrant orange and lemon hang out their profuse bloom even in January, and the lemon is always in bloom. Some species of gum eucalyp- FiG. Pepper. — 0; tus (Fig. 205) is in bloom nearly every month of the year. The beautiful peppers (Fig. 206), so exquisite in grace, have a very wide period of bloom. The eucalyptus honey is agreeable, as I have surely proved. I think the pepper only furnishes pollen extensively. The tree is dioecious. The female trees are the more attractive for the red fruit of winter. They are tran- scendently beautiful for roadside planting, as are many of the 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago. Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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