In the south of Michigan, and thence southward to Kentucky, and even beyond, the Judas tree, or red-bud, _Cercis canadensis_ (Fig. 75), is not only worthy of cultivation as a honey plant, but is also very attractive, and well deserving of attention for its ornamental qualities alone. This blooms from March to May, according to the latitude. The poplars--not the tulip--also bloom in April, and are freely visited by the bees. The wood is immaculate, and i& used for toothpicks. Why not use it for honey-boxes? [Illustration: Fig. 76.--_American Wistaria._] MAY PLANTS. In May we have the grand sugar maple, _Acer saccharinum_ (Fig. 73), incomparable for beauty, also all our various fruit trees, peach, cherry, plum, apple, etc., in fact all the Rosaceæ family. Our beautiful American Wistaria, _Wistaria frutescens_ (Fig. 76), the very ornamental climber, or the still more lovely Chinese Wistaria, _Wistaria sinensis_ (Fig. 77), which has longer racemes than the native, and often blossoms twice in the season. These are the woody twiners for the apiarist. The barberry, too, _Berberis vulgaris_ (Fig. 78), comes after fruit blossoms, and is thronged with bees in search of nectar in spring, as with children in winter, in quest of the beautiful scarlet berries, so pleasingly tart. [Illustration: Fig. 77.--_Chinese Wistaria._] [Illustration: Fig. 78.--_Barberry._] In California, the sumac, the coffee berry, and the famous white sage (Fig. 79), keep the bees full of activity. [Illustration: Fig. 79.--_White Sage._] [Illustration: Fig. 80.--_White or Dutch Clover._] JUNE PLANTS. With June comes the incomparable white or Dutch clover, _Trifolium repens_ (Fig. 80), whose chaste and modest bloom betokens the beautiful, luscious, and unrivalled sweets which are hidden in its corolla tube. Also its sister, Alsike or Swedish, _Trifolium hybrida_ (Fig. 81), which seems to resemble both the white and red clover. It is a stronger grower than the white, and has a whitish blossom tinged with pink. This forms excellent pasture and hay for cattle, sheep, etc., and may well be sown by the apiarist. It will often pay apiarists to furnish neighbor farmers with seed as an inducement to grow this par excellent honey plant. Like white clover, it blooms all through June into July. Both of these should be sown early in spring with timothy, five or six pounds of seed to the acre, in the same manner that red clover seed is sown. [Illustration: Fig. 81.--_Alsike Clover._] [Illustration: Fig. 82.--_Melilot Clover._] [Illustration: Fig. 83.--_Borage._]