. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. -Large-leaved aster. Aster lus. (Photo by Lovell.) ophyl Quebec, from 300 colonies. The honey was light amber color, and a pleasant flavor, and not unwholesome for wintering, not granulating in the combs. (See experimental Farms report 1914- 15, page 996). Other valuable species of aster in Canada for honey production are A. lateri- florus (Maritime provinces to Ontario) : Aster umbellatus (Maritime provinces to Eastern Manitoba), and Aster puniceus, Fig. 2 (Maritime provinces to Ontario.)" Ottawa, October 2, 1917. Aster puniceus, the purple
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Fig. -Large-leaved aster. Aster lus. (Photo by Lovell.) ophyl Quebec, from 300 colonies. The honey was light amber color, and a pleasant flavor, and not unwholesome for wintering, not granulating in the combs. (See experimental Farms report 1914- 15, page 996). Other valuable species of aster in Canada for honey production are A. lateri- florus (Maritime provinces to Ontario) : Aster umbellatus (Maritime provinces to Eastern Manitoba), and Aster puniceus, Fig. 2 (Maritime provinces to Ontario.)" Ottawa, October 2, 1917. Aster puniceus, the purple-stem- med aster, Fig. 2, is found from No- va Scotia to the Rocky Mountains and south to Northern Alabama. It is one of the most attractive of the asters, growing on wet land and in the borders of swamps. Lovell writes that in Maine he has seen the bees on this species in large numbers on September 17. The white field aster or frost flower, Aster vimineus, Fig. 3, is common from Eastern Canada to Minnesota, and south to Arkansas and Florida. It grows in dry, open fields, along roadsides, and in waste places. It is a late bloomer, belong- ing to the group of field asters which are important for nectar. Some other species, however, yield more freely. The swamp aster,Aster acumina- tus, occurs on wet land, but as far as available information goes is not valuable for honey. The large-leaved Aster macrophyl- lus, Fig. S, is a northern species, found in open woodlands. Grae- nicher observed ninety-five species of insects on the flowers of this species in Wisconsin, which indicates nectar in abundance in that State. Several other species are known to produce nectar freely, A. multiflorus, A. lateriflorus, A. dumosus, A. pani- culatus and A. vimineus being re- ported from various localities. A. ericoides is reported as valuable in Missouri: "There is an abundance of As- ter ericoides now in full bloom. The bees are working on it more vigorously than they have on white clover or a
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