Economic aspects of the bee Economic aspects of the bee industry economicaspectso555voor Year: 1933 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 intensiv
Economic aspects of the bee Economic aspects of the bee industry economicaspectso555voor Year: 1933 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
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