| DATE. | Annuals or Perennials. |
| April | Dandelion. |
| April and May | Strawberry. (a) |
| May and June | *White Sage, California |
| May and June | *Sumac, California. |
| May and June | *Coffee Berry, California |
| June to July | White Clover. (a) |
| June to July | Alsike Clover. (a) |
| June to July | *[Sweet Clover.] |
| June to July | *Horehound. [Weed.] |
| June to July | Ox-eyed Daisy—Bad |
| June to July | Bush Honeysuckle. |
| June to August | *Sage. |
| June to August | Motherwort. |
| June to frost | *(Borage.) |
| June to frost | *(Cotton.) (a) |
| June to frost | Silk or Milk Weeds. |
| June to frost | (Mustard)† |
| June to frost | *(Rape.) (a) |
| June to frost | St. John's Wort. |
| June to frost | (Mignonette.) (a) |
| July | (Corn.) (a) |
| July | *(Teasel.) (a) |
| July to August | *Catnip. (a) |
| July to August | Asparagus. (a) |
| July to August | *(Rocky M't. Bee Plant) |
| July to frost | Boneset. |
| July to frost | Bergamot. |
| July to frost | Figwort. |
| August | (Buckwheat.) (a) |
| August | (Snap-dragon.) |
| August to frost | (Golden Rod.)† |
| August to frost | Asters.† |
| August to frost | Marsh Sun-Flowers. |
| August to frost | Tick-Seed. |
| August to frost | Beggar-Ticks. |
| August to frost | Spanish Needles. |
| DATE. | Shrubs or Trees. |
| March and Ap'l | Red or Soft Maple.(a) |
| March and Ap'l | Poplar or Aspen. |
| March and Ap'l | Silver Maple. |
| March and Ap'l | *Judas Tree. |
| May | (Shad-bush.) |
| May | (Alder.) |
| May | Maples-Sugar Maple (a) |
| May | Crab Apple. |
| May | (Hawthorns.) |
| May. |
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Fruit Trees—Apple, Plum, Cherry, Pear, etc. (a) |
| { | Fruit Trees—Apple, Plum, Cherry, Pear, etc. (a) |
| May | Currant and Gooseberry. (a) |
| May | *(Wistaria Vine-South) |
| May | (Chinese Wistaria Vine—South.) |
| May and June | (Barberry.) |
| May and June | (Grape-vine.) (a) |
| May and June | Tulip-tree. |
| May and June | (Sumac.) |
| June | Wild-Plum. |
| June | (Black Raspberry.) (a) |
| June | Locusts. |
| June | (Red Raspberry.) (a) |
| June | (Blackberry.) |
| June to July | *Sour-wood—South. |
| July | (Button Bush.) |
| July | Basswood. (a) |
| July | (Virginia Creeper.) (a) |
| July to August | *Pepper-tree, Cal'a. |
| July to Sept | *(St. John's Worts.) |
| August | (Late Sumac.) |
| August to Sept. | *Red Gum, California. |
DESCRIPTION WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS.
As this subject of bee pasturage is of such prime importance, and as the interest in the subject is so great and wide-spread, I feel that details with illustrations will be more than warranted.
Fig. 75.—Maple.
We have abundant experience to show that forty or fifty colonies of bees, take the seasons as they average, are all that a single place will sustain to the greatest advantage. Then, how significant the fact, that when the season is the best, full three times that number of colonies will find ample resources to keep all employed. So this subject of artificial pasturage becomes one well worthy close study and observation. The subject, too, is a very important one in reference to the location of the apiary.
It is well to remember in this connection, that two or three miles should be regarded as the limit of profitable gathering. That is, apiaries of from fifty to one hundred or more colonies, should not be nearer than four or five miles of each other.
Fig. 74.-Willow.
