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importance. Bees gather pollen from it only occasionally. July.*

COMMON PIGWEED. Amaranthus retroflexus L.

Amaranth family. Amaranthaceae.

"Throughout Texas." (Coulter). Waste lands and fields; honey yield

of no importance; some pollen. July, September.*

THORNY AMARANTH. Amaranthus spinosus L.

Amaranth family. Amaranthaceae.

"From Tom Green County to Laredo." (Coulter). Annual weedy herbs. In

waste places and cultivated soils presumably pollen only; not

important. August.*

MADEIRA VINE. Anredera scandens (L). Moq.

Goosefoot family. Chenopodiaceae.

"From the upper Pecos to the lower Rio Grande, (Ringgold)."

(Coulter). Hunter. Texas; cultivated for shade on verandas; honey

yield fair, bees work on it industriously, but the plants are

scarce. May, September.*

JAPANESE BUCKWHEAT. Fagopyrum fagopyrum (L) Karst.

Buckwheat family. Polygonaceae.

Cultivated in fields in a small way; honey yield good on favorable

moist mornings, not in dry weather. Honey very dark and strong in

flavor; not important for bees in Texas. June, July.* "A good yielder

to bridge over from early spring flower to cotton bloom at College

Station, Texas." (E. Scholl).

AMERICAN MISTLETOE. Phoradendron flavescens Nutt.

Mistletoe family. Loranthaceae.

"From Eagle Pass to Central Texas. Reported on Ulmus, Prosopis,

Quercus, etc." (Coulter). Honey yield abundant and also pollen, very

valuable for early brood rearing. The first source for bees in the