. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, 1909. American l^ee Journal ; It received the latter name in the Golden State, where it was intro- duced by early argonauts from Chili, because its fruit, or seed vessels, re- sembled pepper-berries. The finest specimens of these trees are found in is rich in nectar there seems to be no doubt, but as the bees use all that is gathered for bee-provender, I have never been able to find any stored as surplus, though I have heard of quan- tities so collected in the southern coun- Brazilian pepper-tree. It is said to be a finer growing tr
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. October, 1909. American l^ee Journal ; It received the latter name in the Golden State, where it was intro- duced by early argonauts from Chili, because its fruit, or seed vessels, re- sembled pepper-berries. The finest specimens of these trees are found in is rich in nectar there seems to be no doubt, but as the bees use all that is gathered for bee-provender, I have never been able to find any stored as surplus, though I have heard of quan- tities so collected in the southern coun- Brazilian pepper-tree. It is said to be a finer growing tree than our much- liked .S". The Buckeye as a Nectar-Yielder Here is a tree that needs no botanical name to give it a suitable introduction, and the good people who hail from Ohio cannot lay full claim to it, be- cause, I believe, it is about as common in other States of the Union as it ever was in the " Buckeye ; Of the tree and its flower I shall not attempt to write anything, for I suppose every body is acquainted with it. But for the benefit of the several bee-editors who claim the aforesaid " Buckeye State" as their birthplace, I am thoughtfully (sic) presenting a picture of the tree as it is found growing dur- ing summer upon our hillsides. It is a nectar-yielding flower, though some- times, I believe, the honey is consider- ably "off flavor," yet not sufficiently so to make it unmarketable. Flowers. Pepper-Tree. Seed-Berries. warm places, though the finest single tree I ever saw was at Martinez, on Suisun Bay, some 30 miles northeast of Oakland. In and about the latter city there are some fine trees. San Jose, nearly -50 miles south of here, is filled with beautiful specimens of pepper-trees—they are grown on lawn, in garden, and upon the sidewalk. For the latter place they are hardly suitable, as it is hard to get them out of the habit of producing low growing and very crooked branches. From a distance the tree is easil
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