. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 440 THB bbb-kbepbr's guide ; arist, also blooms in July. As before remarked, this is one of the plants whose long flower-tubes are pierced by the Xylocopa bees. Then the honey-bees help to gather the abundant nec- tar. This is a near relative of the horsemint which, as will be Fig. Sour- Oriijlnal. seen, it closely resembles. The golden honey-plant (Actino- raeris squarrosa), so praised by Dr. Tinker, and rattlesnake root (Nabalus altissimus), which swarms with bees all the day long, are also composite plants. The little shrub of
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 440 THB bbb-kbepbr's guide ; arist, also blooms in July. As before remarked, this is one of the plants whose long flower-tubes are pierced by the Xylocopa bees. Then the honey-bees help to gather the abundant nec- tar. This is a near relative of the horsemint which, as will be Fig. Sour- Oriijlnal. seen, it closely resembles. The golden honey-plant (Actino- raeris squarrosa), so praised by Dr. Tinker, and rattlesnake root (Nabalus altissimus), which swarms with bees all the day long, are also composite plants. The little shrub of our marshes, appropriately named but- ton-bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), (Fig. 2+3), also shares. 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 & company
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