. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mesquite is the most important honey plant of the arid Southwest. Acacia amentacea. served the bees as an important source of nectar. Mesquite is very probably the most important honey plant in all the Southwest. The honey is of a light amber color and good quality. Bee- keepers living in reported to the writer that the honey is lighter in some seasons than in others, and that this is the case when no other plant blooms at the same period, so that the difference cannot be laid to the with honey from other sources. They reported also th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Mesquite is the most important honey plant of the arid Southwest. Acacia amentacea. served the bees as an important source of nectar. Mesquite is very probably the most important honey plant in all the Southwest. The honey is of a light amber color and good quality. Bee- keepers living in reported to the writer that the honey is lighter in some seasons than in others, and that this is the case when no other plant blooms at the same period, so that the difference cannot be laid to the with honey from other sources. They reported also that it yields more regularly on light sandy soils than on heavy land. The first blooming period usually comes in April, followed by a later one in July. If there is plenty of moisture it blooms profusely. Mesquite is the source of immense quantities of honey and except in cases of exces- sive drought seldom fails to yield something, although in portions of its range it does not yield regularly. Huajillo (\Va-h.;-ya) The beekeepers of the Southwest boast of the quality of the huajillo honey. Huajillo is one of the acacias (Acacia Berlandiera), but apparently. 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 [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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