. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 304 American Vee Journal September, 1916. honey are also noteworthy. Out of a total production reported of 2,400,000 pounds, in round figures, 1,510,000 was bulk comb honey, 823,000 extracted honey, and less than 76,000 pounds sec- tion honey, indicating the enormous proportion of bulk comb honey pro- duced. The college has at present no apiary on the grounds. This is a deficiency that ought to be supplied, in order to give the students of apiculture ample opportunities to study and experiment. Apiculture in Texas is too important not to give it all t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 304 American Vee Journal September, 1916. honey are also noteworthy. Out of a total production reported of 2,400,000 pounds, in round figures, 1,510,000 was bulk comb honey, 823,000 extracted honey, and less than 76,000 pounds sec- tion honey, indicating the enormous proportion of bulk comb honey pro- duced. The college has at present no apiary on the grounds. This is a deficiency that ought to be supplied, in order to give the students of apiculture ample opportunities to study and experiment. Apiculture in Texas is too important not to give it all the attention possible. Many spots of that immense State have no resources as valuable as honey pro- duction. The honey of these districts is of good quality and sells readily. They are just beginning to find out the possibilities of the industry. They have a capable, young and energetic ento- mologist at the head of this department and will doubtless give him good back- ing. The time has come for full recog- nition of beekeeping even in States of lesser production. There is no winter problem in Texas; the worst features being spring dwind- ling of colonies and foulbrood. The former may be warded off by attention and the supplying of artificial pollen when there is a dearth of flowers. The latter has spent its force and the sys- tem of inspection employed will sooner or later put it under full control, when sufficiently sustained by legislation. In the olden days such scourges were like prairie fires and died only for want of fuel, after having swept the land. Nowadays they are stopped by man's ingenuity and persistence. The acting professor of entomology is S. W. Bilsiiig, and Mr. is director of the experiment station. We were taken over the Agricultural grounds in his automobile, and I no- ticed the peculiar auto passages by the side of the farm gates. They are built like the cattle guards of railroad cross- ings. This does away with the neces- sity of opening gat
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