. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. VOL. LXI—NO. 8 HAMILTON, ILL., AUGIST, 1921 MONTHLY, $ YFAR BEEKEEPING IN MARYLAND An Outline of the General Conditions and of the Nectar Resources of an Eastern State—By G. H. Gale THE topography of Maryland is such that in traveling from Oak- land in the Allegany Moun- tains to Ocean City, on the Eastern shore, a distance of over 300 miles, a range of altitude is encountered from over 3,000 feet to sea level. Accord- ing to altitude, the State may be di- vided into three distinct regions, (a) the Coastal plain, (b) the Midland region or Piedmon
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. VOL. LXI—NO. 8 HAMILTON, ILL., AUGIST, 1921 MONTHLY, $ YFAR BEEKEEPING IN MARYLAND An Outline of the General Conditions and of the Nectar Resources of an Eastern State—By G. H. Gale THE topography of Maryland is such that in traveling from Oak- land in the Allegany Moun- tains to Ocean City, on the Eastern shore, a distance of over 300 miles, a range of altitude is encountered from over 3,000 feet to sea level. Accord- ing to altitude, the State may be di- vided into three distinct regions, (a) the Coastal plain, (b) the Midland region or Piedmont, (c) the Moun- tain region. The Coastal plain is separated into the Eastern and Western shores by the Chesapeake Bay and takes in the area east of an arc extending from Washington, D. C, to Elkton. Much of the Eastern Shore is included in two low terraces, with an average ele- vation of 80 feet above sea level. In places along the coast, however, espe- cially in the south and about the bay, are many thousands of acres where the soil is saturated, giving rise to ex- tensive marshes often 2 V2 miles in width and frequently so salt that only a few plants can live in them. The total swamp area, as given by Shreve, Chrysler, Blodgett and Besley, in Vol. 3 of the Mai-yland Weather Ser\'ice "Plant Life in Mary- land," is 276,736 acres, of which 128,960 acres are in Dorchester County. In the uplands there are also numerous swamps where cedar and cypress abound. Through all the Eastern Shore are great numbers of sluggishly flowing streams of all sizes, often of an amber hue from the ever- green swamps. The mouths of the permanent streams extend as broad estuaries. The Western Shore has a greater elevation, rising to a maximum of 290 feet. The surface is level, but sharply cut by streams, especially in the southern part of the Chesapeake- Potomac peninsula, and at the mouths of the rivers there is fi-equently a sharp rise from tide level to 100 feet or more. Marsh areas a
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