. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 17, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 319 (Ktoml ^aiim, ^t HEATHER BEE FORAGE. HONEY-PRODUCING HEATHERS. The number of inquiries received dur- ing the last week or two having reference to the several kinds of Ericas or heather indigenous to this kingdom, serve to show in a marked degree the increased interest taken by our readers in this par- ticular source of the native honey-supply. This being so, it becomes necessary that a proper understanding should be arrived at by bee-keepers who purpose sending their bees to the moors, regarding
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 17, 1899.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 319 (Ktoml ^aiim, ^t HEATHER BEE FORAGE. HONEY-PRODUCING HEATHERS. The number of inquiries received dur- ing the last week or two having reference to the several kinds of Ericas or heather indigenous to this kingdom, serve to show in a marked degree the increased interest taken by our readers in this par- ticular source of the native honey-supply. This being so, it becomes necessary that a proper understanding should be arrived at by bee-keepers who purpose sending their bees to the moors, regarding the respective honey-yielding values of the several varieties of heather, in order that bees may not be taken to places which (though " heather grows there") will yield no profit to the bee-keeper. by way of saving trouble to ourselves while conveying useful information to readers—to give illustrations, together with authoritative botanical descriptions of the three kinds of Erica (commons or heaths) usually found on the hills and moorlands of these islands. We place them in their order of merit as honey- producing plants, but bearing in mind that as E. tefralix (Fig. 3) grows only on damp bog-land, it cannot be regarded as of any practical value to the bee-keeper. The enlarged blossom of each variety, together with illustrations of the anther, stigma, pollina, &c., at sides of each cut, are introduced to make plainer the struc- tural parts of the flower and its fertilisa- tion by bees. 1. Erica, or Calluna, vulgaris (Ling). Fig. 1.—A low, straggling shrub, seldom growing more than a foot high. Leaves verv small and short. Flowers small, and. 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 London
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