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form); is a legume and so fixes nitrogen; grows well on he
antiquity; grown across Canada, occasionally escapes from cu
Vicia pannonica Crantz
Hungarian vetch, vesce de Pannonie
ann. Jun-Aug vine-like
Value for honey: (for Vicia L.) HP3 16 ; has the reputatio
larger quantities and for a longer period than any other plant
Notes: flowers yellowish white or purple tinged.
Vicia sativa L.
spring vetch, tare, vesce cultivee, vesce commune
ann. bienn. Jun-Aug less than 1 m long
Value for honey: HP1/2 17 ; attractive for N, but not first c
produces a thick stipular (extra-floral) N which is more at
floral N 17 ; stipular N secretion begins approximately
secretion 72 .
Honey: may be dark amber, and stronger than Trifolium (tru
Notes: one of the best legumes for low fertility soil 54 ; flo
spreads from cultivation to roadsides and waste lands 23 .
Vicia villosa Roth
hairy vetch, winter vetch, vesce velue
ann. bienn. very hardy Jun 20-30 cm
Value for honey: HP2 17 ; H yield up to 45 kg/colony/season
in N production and attraction than V. sativa (common
production 54; surplus H was reported from B.C., where this
in orchards 72 ; was recommended in past for sowing in was
increase bee forage 73 .
Honey: light; classed as water-white to extra-light amber
body; flavour mild to very mild 17 .
Notes: cultivated and spread throughout much of Canada, al
land 23 .
Vigna radiata (L.) R. Wilcz. var. radiata 74
(syn. Phaseolus aureus Roxb.; P. radiatus L.) 74
mung bean, golden gram, Oregon pea, haricot mungo
ann. grows anywhere in the corn belt 30-90 cm N
Value for honey: where grown as a crop, bees observed to
day over a period of 3 weeks 72 ; in the American Bee Jour