. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bee culture; Honey. 394 Beekeeping Tulip tree ; see Tulip Poplar. Tupelo, sour gum, Nyssa spp. Trees to 100 feet, leaves oval or acute or slightly toothed (N. aquatica). April-June. Honey of fine quality, light amber, rarely granulating, flavor mild but characteristic. Swamps of eastern United States, west to Missouri and Texas, especially abundant in Florida, Alabama and Georgia. The honey from tupelos is of especial value in blending extracted-honeys for table trade because of its slow- ness in granulating
. Beekeeping; a discussion of the life of the honeybee and of the production of honey. Bee culture; Honey. 394 Beekeeping Tulip tree ; see Tulip Poplar. Tupelo, sour gum, Nyssa spp. Trees to 100 feet, leaves oval or acute or slightly toothed (N. aquatica). April-June. Honey of fine quality, light amber, rarely granulating, flavor mild but characteristic. Swamps of eastern United States, west to Missouri and Texas, especially abundant in Florida, Alabama and Georgia. The honey from tupelos is of especial value in blending extracted-honeys for table trade because of its slow- ness in granulating. There are four species of Nyssa of value to the beekeeper. Tupelo, N. aquatica, is found abundantly in southern swamps, especially along the Appalachicola River. Secretes so abundantly that it will support thousands of colonies. Sour gum, N. sylvatica, is found farther north and with N. biflora furnishes abundant nectar. In abundance of nectar these trees equal the basswood. Ulmaceae ; see Elm family. Umbelliferae; see Carrot family. Vacciniaceae ; see Huckleberry family. Verbenacese ; see Vervain family. Vervain family, Verbenacese; see Carpet Grass, Lantana and Black Mangrove. Vetches, Vicia spp. Nectar, pollen. Viper's bugloss, blueweed, blue-thistle, Echium vul- gare. Biennial herbs, 1-2^ feet, stem erect bearing numerous blue to purple flowers, stem hairy, July-September and later. In fields and waste land, native of Europe, especially abun- dant in Virginia, Mary- land and Pennsylvania. The common name blue- thistle is the one by which beekeepers usu- ally know this plant. An important source in the Shenandoah Valley, creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia. Nectar, pollen. see Grape White clover. Virginia Vitaceae. 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 Phillips, Everett Franklin, 187
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