Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-17
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Trying ts rind one at the Nichiss.
fieai,arsi Experiment station. -
Professor A. J. Cook has been expert.
menting with three 40 called huucy
planis, In the hope that he might Ind
s0mething that could ho rclicd on year
after year 70 furnish boo nectar. The
three plants were the Clennr iutrfyrifo.
Tia, or Rocky mountain honey plau,. tho
Eohincra spheroccphAlns or Chapman
honey plant, and . foreign mint Of the
genus Melissa. Tho hoes visited the
echinops freely md obtained cousidcf-
able honey. just Mt tho time II year
when other blossoms were scarce. But
the plant docs not bloom until the sec
ond year, and seed must b. planted overy
year. Even this would not DO 70 dis
oourneing. but the seed may fail 20 g,'r-
inmate at any time and ~ prove fail.
ure. SO the experiment with tho ochi.
nops was unsuccessful. The clc0me
must DO planted IN sutumn. Prufesscr
Cook obtained some " II fresh FROM
Colorado and planted H. He found II
did not come up well In Michi.
gan, though Ho'ne Of n WIS plant
I'd npon sandy eoil and other upon
tlay ground. Again, tho flowers did
not aecrctc nectar, and the bees worked
on them only occasionally. The uleome
iso whs disappointment.
or the melissa Professor Cook snys.
The melissa IL nm annual. We planted
n Cot two successive years. II did well,
blossnucl freely and was visited very
generally ny the bees. Il grows well on
bolh sand and clay, and by sowlng early
win commence 10 bloom early ia Jniy
and continue 10 bloom Tor q mouth or
more regret 10 Nay that u viii not
self scci, and must be planted annually.
THIS is expensive, and II u doubtful " u
win pay. II "a 10 b. said. however. that
mciissh, IN common with ihe other
mint. ccms 10 attract the bees at all
tin-s Of bloom. whatever tho season. So
l am u the opinion TINT n any plar, will
pay exclusively ~ n honey plant Il will
he -ome mint Many u the5c arc pcren.
NAL As tho threo acr,s Of Inrlisan last
mason wa singing with bccs all through
the time ot hlossoining. md a. our bc,a
swanned in carly August. = thing uu.
preccdeDtcd In Michigan, n dvsa rsason
10 hopc that with large hSorngb We
might secure honey crop each year
despite the season.
Thus I boheyo our experiments lndi.
cate that special planting for honey
alone Is of doubtful prAoticability. that
cchinops and olopme. at least. nrr not
tse plants for such lisoiai planting n IL
isever " DO success, and that whilo
melissa OF boo balm IL not profitable, ~
II Ia an -nnaunl, II IA pasaiblc that the
perennial minu are the plants. " any
such thero ho. thai VIII pay Us 10 grow
exclusively NJ hniyy panta
Unless cleome viii led IS.olf II IL not
the plant cvcn for waysidu tlan.inE. |
think we must look 10 some oi tho por.
asirnt mints. cr more probably 70 some
plant vaiunblo for other purposes even
10 plant On tho roadside and IA waste
places
hope nos, 20 try melilot or sweo,
clover, not 10 much TO Ind whether tits
valuable honey plant, a. we know lint
now, but rather 10 Ind II this luxutiint
and vigorous clover may not have other
important urns; possibly for siiare. l
shall also hopv 10 plant email beds Of
VEmnmfr Ne1D4 4rppes fophini- Of
home plant that wili pay jast for nectar
and nothing else.