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ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS Cleome lutea Hook. yellow spider plant, golden cleome, yellow bee plant ann. 0.6 - 1.0 m NP Value for honey: N sugar concentration 23% (average) als abundant 20 ; a tenth acre plot encouraged later brood rear compared to other colonies without this source 72 ; in some P 67 ; may have been principal host for alkali bee before suc clover were introduced 67. Value for pollen: a good source of P 72 ; P supplied in the m Honey: dark and strong 79 . Notes: considered weedy. Cleome serrulata Pursh (syn. Cleome integrifolia (Nutt.) Ton. & A. Gray) bee spider flower, Rocky Mountain bee plant, stinking clove ann. Jul-Sep 0.6-1.0 m NP Value for honey: yield of 46 kg/colony/season reported (a surplus per colony in 3 weeks 5° ; N sugar concentration clover and is probably not preferred to these 90 ; more imp source of surplus in s. Sask., and coastal B.C. 72 (a beekee that surplus from this sp. is unlikely in coastal B.C.' ); al under cool cloudy conditions that stops clover from yielding than sweet clover 72 ; beekeepers on the Eastern Seaboard freely sowing seed in waste 1and 79 (early in century). Value for pollen: bees hover humming-bird fashion while co Honey: white with greenish tinge 50 ; flavour variable, poor a age 72 . Notes: prefers moist soil; unpalatable to livestock 72 ; mino showy clusters of white flowers on each plant; prairies, d Man. to Wash. and S. beyond Can. limits 23 . Convolvulus tricolor L. dwarf morning glory, heavenly blue, dwarf glorybind, belle d ann. Jul-Sep 0.2 m NP 36 Value for honey: H yield of 32 kg/colony/season reporte (Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br., syn. Convolvulus sepium bindweed) is a source of wild bindweed (morning glory) H weed in some areas 3 . Honey: white and good flavour 72 . Notes: must remove dead flowers regularly to prolong bloom
22 Coriandrum sativum L. coriander, Chinese parsley, coriandre ann. Jun-Jul 1 m NP Value for honey: HP5 16 ; low N sugar value" (i.e. wei&ht period); fairly long bloom of 1 month 17 ; bees visit freely /2 . Honey: is dark in colour 17 . Notes: cultivated crop or garden plant grown for leaves, see areas, chiefly spread from cultivation 23 . Cosmos bipinnatus Cay. cosmos, cosmos bipirme ann. Aug-frost 3 m N 36 Value for honey: attracts bees in large numbers, and is a use Notes: obtain early flowering cvs. because long growth s flowering cvs. may not have enough time to bloom in Can rich; roadsides and waste land, spread from cultivation; b common beyond Can. limits 23 . Digitalis purpurea L. foxglove, common foxglove, digitale pourpite bienn. (sometimes per.) -28°to -23°C Jun-Jul Value for honey: a H flow of 5 weeks resulted in an ave colony 72; generally more attractive to bumblebees than hon significant contribution to H surplus in parts of B.C. 72 ; bee from one flower 35 . Value for pollen: where foxglove is extensively cultivated, i Honey: golden yellow in colour; flavour is good 72 . Notes: popular garden plant; numerous purplish flowers progressively. Dipsacus sativus (L.) Honckeny 51 (syn. D. fullonum var. sativus L.; D. fullonum sensu Hu fullonum L. ssp. sativus Thell.) 51 fuller's teasel, teasel, cardere, chardon a foulon, chardon a bo bienn. late Jun-Sep 50-200 cm NP Value for honey: N sugar concentration 26% 17 ; has been d H plants in existence 72; an important source of surplus whe begins yielding at the same time as Tilia (basswood) or T visit this all day; D. lacinatus, sometimes grown orn attractive 35 ; D. sylvestris (wild teasel) is apparently equally a
Page 1 and 2: 36 5.2 Perennials PERENNIALS Agasta
Page 3 and 4: 38 Anemone blanda Schott R. Kotschy
Page 5 and 6: 40 PERENNIALS Lindl. (w. Nfld., Gas
Page 7 and 8: 42 PERENNIALS Aurina saxatilis (L)
Page 9 and 10: 44 PERENNIALS Claytonia virginica L
Page 11 and 12: 46 PERENNIALS Dictamnus albus L. bu
Page 13 and 14: 48 PERENNIALS Honey: usually mixed
Page 15 and 16: 50 PERENNIALS Helianthus salicifoli
Page 17 and 18: 52 PERENNIALS Liatris pychnostchya
Page 19 and 20: 54 waste land, locally N. to N.E.,
Page 21 and 22: 56 PERENNIALS Mentha spicata L. (sy
Page 23 and 24: 58 and beyond Can. lirnits 23 . PER
Page 25 and 26: 60 Notes: includes about 250 spp. o
Page 27 and 28: 62 PERENNIALS Solidago L. goldenrod
Page 29 and 30: 64 PERENNIALS on calcareous ledges
Page 31 and 32: 66 PERENNIALS Trifolium repens L. w
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Page 35 and 36: 18 Value for pollen: P protein is h
Page 37: 20 Honey: is greenish-yellow to dar
Page 41 and 42: 24 This is one of the few plants th
Page 43 and 44: 26 Isatis tinctoria L. dyer's woad,
Page 45 and 46: 28 vanilla 16 ; excellent 35 . Note
Page 47 and 48: 30 Origanum majorana L. (syn. Major
Page 49 and 50: 32 flavour 16 . Notes: self-seeds f
Page 51 and 52: 34 form); is a legume and so fixes

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