. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Pollen of Milk- Weed on Bee's Fool. Blaclc Mustard. blossom just at the dearth of nectar-secreting bloom ; other- wise it comes in June and early July, just when Linden is yielding its precious harvest. Few plants are more desir- able to sow in waste places. The silk or milk-weed furnishes abundant nectar from June to frost, as there are several species of the genus Asclepias, which is wide-spread in our country. Indeed pleurisy root or butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, is the bee-plant that Mr. Heddon has praised so hig
. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Pollen of Milk- Weed on Bee's Fool. Blaclc Mustard. blossom just at the dearth of nectar-secreting bloom ; other- wise it comes in June and early July, just when Linden is yielding its precious harvest. Few plants are more desir- able to sow in waste places. The silk or milk-weed furnishes abundant nectar from June to frost, as there are several species of the genus Asclepias, which is wide-spread in our country. Indeed pleurisy root or butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, is the bee-plant that Mr. Heddon has praised so highly. He thinks it one of our best indigenous honey-plants. These are the plants which have large pollen masses which often ad- here to the legs of the bees (Fig 162), and sometimes. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.
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