. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 138 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL April sections it may be a failure. The first cardinal requisite is that there must be absolute dryness or else your in- sulation will be a failure. The indi- vidual must be able to meet the exi- gencies of the time and place and con- ditions. Utah. (From the foregoing article the reader should not get the impression that the Dadants do not use winter packing. They pack all colonies win- tered outside, with dry leaves, held in place with wire netting. They do not use wood packing cases, because of the high cost and because wit
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 138 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL April sections it may be a failure. The first cardinal requisite is that there must be absolute dryness or else your in- sulation will be a failure. The indi- vidual must be able to meet the exi- gencies of the time and place and con- ditions. Utah. (From the foregoing article the reader should not get the impression that the Dadants do not use winter packing. They pack all colonies win- tered outside, with dry leaves, held in place with wire netting. They do not use wood packing cases, because of the high cost and because with 800 colonies the labor of packing is much greater than by their present method. —F. C. P.) THE ORANGE AS A SOURCE OF NECTAR By Frank C. Pellett In the markets of America, orange honey is famous for its high quality. Of light color, heavy body and fine flavor, it is much in demand. Usually the buyer is willing to pay a premium over prevailing prices in order to se- cure it. Since the area where oranges can be profitably grown is confined to limited regions in California, Flor- ida and the Gulf Coast, it can never be produced in such quantities as is honey from alfalfa or the clovers. Under favorable conditions, orange trees yield nectar so freely that it seems almost impossible for the bees to gather it all. As high as 400 colonies are kept in a single yard where there are large orange or- chards within reach, and the aver- age is often 60 pounds or more per colony. In the interior valleys of Cali- fornia the nectar flow seems to reach its heaviest yield. Not only does the orange yield more freely in the in- terior than along the coast, but the crop is much more dependable. Along the coast the fogs are unfavorable and the orange flow is much lighter and very uncertain. In conversation with the beekeepers, located near the groves of Satsuma oranges, along the coast of Mississippi, I learned that they did not regard orange as of much importance to them, except under un- usual
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