. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Honey Plants of fuly. 373 bloom of England. It also includes our whortleberry, cranberry, blueberry, and one plant which has no enviable reputation, as furnishing honey which is very poisonous, even fatal to those who eat, the mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. There is good reason to question these reports as to poisonous 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. lat
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. The bee-keeper's guide : or Manual of the apiary . Bee culture; Bees. Honey Plants of fuly. 373 bloom of England. It also includes our whortleberry, cranberry, blueberry, and one plant which has no enviable reputation, as furnishing honey which is very poisonous, even fatal to those who eat, the mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. There is good reason to question these reports as to poisonous 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 fur- FiG. 177.. Bilttoi Ball. nish beautiful and wholesome honey in great quantities. The Virginia creeper also blooms in July. I wish I could say that this beautiful vine, transplendent in autumn, is a favor- ite with the honey-bee. Though it often, nay always, swarms with wild bees when in blossom, yet I have rarely seen honey-bees visit the ample bloom amidst its rich, green, vigorous foliage.. 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 work.. Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. : George W. York & Co.