. Economic aspects of the bee industry. Bees; Bee culture. 12 University of California—Experiment Station Honey Districts.—The country may be divided into eight beekeeping districts in accordance with the floral sources of the major honeys (fig. 1). While no accurate estimate is available on the total number of operators, the census data show the distribution on farms, and it is believed that the totals would not indicate a great relative variation from these. By far the largest number of farm operators are in the southern dis- trict. The most intensive area, so far as numbers of beekeepers ar
. Economic aspects of the bee industry. Bees; Bee culture. 12 University of California—Experiment Station Honey Districts.—The country may be divided into eight beekeeping districts in accordance with the floral sources of the major honeys (fig. 1). While no accurate estimate is available on the total number of operators, the census data show the distribution on farms, and it is believed that the totals would not indicate a great relative variation from these. By far the largest number of farm operators are in the southern dis- trict. The most intensive area, so far as numbers of beekeepers are con- IToney Production and Colonies of Bees, United States, Average 1928-1931. K oney District Colonies Per Thousand Thousand Per cent pounds colonies cent 08,213 White Clover Belt 1,658 40,627 Southern 1,385 28,138 Plains Ares 547 18,310 Intermounta in 321 15,779 California 381 8,705 Texas 245 5,891 Pacific Northwest 134 2,945 Arizona 63 187,968 Totals 4,734 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Voorhies, Edwin C. (Edwin Coblentz), 1891-1967; Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006; Todd, Frank E. (Frank Edward), 1895-. Berkeley, Calif. : Agricultural Experiment Station
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