. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. ^i ICHS BEK-KEfiPER'S GDtt)E } honey. We can easily see how mistakes could occur. It is not easy to understand, if these plants furnish poisonous nectar, why poisonous honey (?) is so very rare an occurrence. A near relative of K. latifolia, which grows at the South (Andromeda nitida), is said to furnish beautiful and wholesome honey in Fig. From A. I. Root Co. gfreat quantities. The yellow jasmine (Gelsemium semper- virens), (Fig-. 246), is also said to furnish honey that is poison- ous to both people and bees. It blooms in Geor


. The bee-keeper's guide : or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. ^i ICHS BEK-KEfiPER'S GDtt)E } honey. We can easily see how mistakes could occur. It is not easy to understand, if these plants furnish poisonous nectar, why poisonous honey (?) is so very rare an occurrence. A near relative of K. latifolia, which grows at the South (Andromeda nitida), is said to furnish beautiful and wholesome honey in Fig. From A. I. Root Co. gfreat quantities. The yellow jasmine (Gelsemium semper- virens), (Fig-. 246), is also said to furnish honey that is poison- ous to both people and bees. It blooms in Georgia in February and March. Like Kalmia, it is a poisonous plant, which pos- sibly accounts for the evil reputation of the honey. I have eaten freely of several samples of this so-called poisonous. 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 : York


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