. Gleanings in bee culture . 13. Dogwood {Cornus Florida), a flower-ing tree found along the Keys and off thesoutheast coast, especially the former. 14. Pigeon cherry, also in same localityas two former. All three of these bloomabout simultaneously, nor can their honeysbe obtained separately. Mr. O. O. Popple-ton is the only bee-man who attempts toreap a harvest from these three sources, andhe does so by means of his traveling pronounces the combined honey fromthem of good flavor, excellent color, andgood body. His crop last year from thethree was 28,000 lbs. 15. Fall flowers (includ
. Gleanings in bee culture . 13. Dogwood {Cornus Florida), a flower-ing tree found along the Keys and off thesoutheast coast, especially the former. 14. Pigeon cherry, also in same localityas two former. All three of these bloomabout simultaneously, nor can their honeysbe obtained separately. Mr. O. O. Popple-ton is the only bee-man who attempts toreap a harvest from these three sources, andhe does so by means of his traveling pronounces the combined honey fromthem of good flavor, excellent color, andgood body. His crop last year from thethree was 28,000 lbs. 15. Fall flowers (including wild sunflow-ers, goldenrod, asters, and thoroughwort).Of these, none are much of a factor except,possibly, the wild sunflower, in the sectionlying east of Miakka River, between thepalmetto section and the Everglades. Thereit is very abundant, and seems to be a goodyielder. But the honey from all is muchlike that from the northern flowers of au-tumn—rather dark and strongly flavored. 216 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE Apr. 1. E. D. TOWNSENDS EXTRACTING-HOUSE, CHARLEVOIX CO., MICH., SHOWING FOUR-FRAME NON-REVERSIBLE EXTRACTOR, THE MCINTYRE UNCAPPING-BOX, AND THE FERGUSON UNCAPPING-MACHINE. order to secure the first-class article at thedark-honey price. But better things are instore. Daylight is dawning. The bee-menare learning how to sell to better advantage;are beginning to think for themselves; moreand more the buyers of choice table honeysare reaching down into the peninsula forthe excellent table honeys that are produc-ed here, and better prices are Land, Fla. To be continued. None of them are extremely important inthe surplus field. The wide range of honey-sources above named makes a total failurein any one year for the whole State practi-cally impossible. For instance, the pastyear has been a very poor one here in DeLand. It was a good one on the southwestcoast and in the northwest. Taking theState as a whole, the yields are much morereliable than in the Northern
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