. Description and itinerary of agricultural special train. Twofold value of the honeybee. Do bees injure fruit? Combining beekeeping and farming. Report of State inspector of apiaries. Brood diseases of bees. Some nectar and pollen-bearing plants of Tennessee. Crop report for June. Bees. 274 J^ENNESSEE AGRICULTURE REPORT OF TH]© STATE INSPECTOR OF APIARIES. To the Commissioner of Agriculture, T. F. Peck. Sir: In compliance with section lo of the Tennessee Apiary Law, I respectfully submit the following epitome of my ofificial services for the year 1913. The year igiT, was a very favorable one
. Description and itinerary of agricultural special train. Twofold value of the honeybee. Do bees injure fruit? Combining beekeeping and farming. Report of State inspector of apiaries. Brood diseases of bees. Some nectar and pollen-bearing plants of Tennessee. Crop report for June. Bees. 274 J^ENNESSEE AGRICULTURE REPORT OF TH]© STATE INSPECTOR OF APIARIES. To the Commissioner of Agriculture, T. F. Peck. Sir: In compliance with section lo of the Tennessee Apiary Law, I respectfully submit the following epitome of my ofificial services for the year 1913. The year igiT, was a very favorable one for the beekeepers of Tennessee, notwithstanding the severe drouth during the summer. The hone\' flow from white clover was an unusuall}' heavy one over nearly the whole State, followed in many locations 1)\- a good fall flow from the aster bloom. The amount of honey and wax gathered can safely be estimated at $300, Thev honey harvest was so great that most of the beekeepers are encouraged to increase their apiaries and many farmers are arranging to add beekeeping as a side line to their. Apiary Inspection in Cumberland County. general farm work. About one farm in every nine have bees upon them; of the 250,000 farms in the State about 28,000 of them report beekeeping as a side line. The number of colonies in the State will approximate 200,000, which gives a valuation at only $ each of $400, The great majorit)- of these swarms, however, are kept in the old fashion box hives or "; Oy transferring from these to the modern, scientific hive and keeping them after apVoved methods, the honey and wax returns could easily be brought up from $225, to over $1,000, annually. The middle latitude of the State \\here extremes of temperature are seldom experienced, the varied and widespread honey-yieldin- flora, the abundant rainfall and the comparative freedom from the deadly foul brood diseases makes the outlook for Tennessee as a beekeeping
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