ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Monday, August 26, 1996                TAG: 9608260079
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-1  EDITION: METRO 

BONANZA FOR BIRDS AND BEES

LENGTH: Short :   17 lines
ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  ERIC BRADY/Staff. 1. Tom Sublette hauls a few of his 
          Mammoth Russian sunflowers to his wagon near Virginia 757 in Bedford
          County. The field of flowers, which often gives pause to passing 
          motorists, also causes bees to come calling. 2. Sublette dries the 
          seeds in the sun until winter comes and the birds need them. color.