Honey Plants of North America - Softcover

Harvey B. Lovell

9780686209348: Honey Plants of North America

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0686209346 ISBN 13: 9780686209348

Publisher: A I Root Co, 1977

This is a direct reprint of the 1926 book first published by the A. I. Root Company in Medina, Ohio. 408 pages, with hundreds of black and white photos by the author.
Contents:

Part 1:

Nectar: Its Secretion, Protection, and Distribution, including the structure and role of the flower, the secretion of nectar, plants of little value to honey bees, pollen flowers and honey dew.

Part 2:

Descriptions of the 38 plants valuable chiefly for pollen, with photos of most and diagrams of some

Part 3:

Description of hundreds of American honey plants, north of Mexico, with photos of most, and maps depicting where they are most common in the wild, or most commonly grown as crops

Part 4:

The honey floras of the different states, and guide to the best locations for beekeeping, broken into 8 different U.S. regions, including
- The northeastern or New England region, including a bit of the Maritime Provinces
- The Appalachian Highlands, from the Catskills in New Your to northern Georgia dn Alabama
- The Coastal plain of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico
- The central lowlands north of the Gulf Coastal Plain, including the prairies
- The Great Plains east of the Rocky Mountains
- The Rocky Mountains
- The desert region west of the Rocky Mountains and east of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Ranges
- The Pacific coast, west of the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade ranges.
Within each of these regions each state is described and evaluated for its value as a prosperous beekeeping region. In the larger and more productive states, even counties are described, and even the parts of counties in some locations, where there are many beekeepers and many bees kept.

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About the Author:

John Lovell (1861 to 1939), was a pollination specialist, studying the biology of plant pollination and the insects that were involved in the process. He was expert in the bees of the eastern states, and specialized in honey bees. It was his work that proved honey bees can see colors. In 1913 he became the biological editor of The A. I. Root Company s ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture Encyclopedia. In 1918 he published The Flower and the Bee, Plant Life and Pollination, the result of 25 years of study. In 1926 the A. I. Root Company published The Honey Plants Of North America, a book describing the honey plants and conditions of beekeeping in all parts of the U.S. This now classic work was the result of three continuous year s labor, with all data in the book being carefully checked by personal observation and by correspondence with beekeepers in all parts of the country. He was especially assisted by E. R. Root, then Editor of Gleanings In Bee Culture, the monthly publication of that company, who traveled across much of the west coast and southwestern U.S. making collections, observations and talking to beekeepers in those states.
Lovell wrote thousands of illustrated articles for newspapers that consisted of a description of a flower, its life history, insect visitors, economic uses and curious stories, myths and folklore connected to it. Each article was accompanies by one of his excellent photographs.
All of Lovell s work contained excellent photographs. His articles have been praised for their wealth of detail, the parts of the flower being shown with almost diagrammatic clearness. These pictures were the result of many experiments with various kinds of photographic plates and the various methods of photographing the flowers. He did his own developing and printing.
Lovell lived with his wife Lottie and two sons Harvey and Ralph in rural Maine, close to streams, the ocean, woodlands, ponds, swamps and open fields. He chose a perfect location to conduct his studies.

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