. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 308 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August the beekeeping interests of the State. He formerly taught beekeeping at the Rhode Island State College. In a bulletin, "Beekeeping in Mary- land," by Symons and McCray, issued by the Maryland Agricultural Col- lege Experiment Station, in 1911, it is estimated that there are 5,000 bee- keepers in the State, reporting a total of 28,000 colonies, a little better than five colonies to each apiary. Prob- ably these figures have not greatly increased since that time. There are some apiaries of 100 to 200 colonies an
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 308 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL August the beekeeping interests of the State. He formerly taught beekeeping at the Rhode Island State College. In a bulletin, "Beekeeping in Mary- land," by Symons and McCray, issued by the Maryland Agricultural Col- lege Experiment Station, in 1911, it is estimated that there are 5,000 bee- keepers in the State, reporting a total of 28,000 colonies, a little better than five colonies to each apiary. Prob- ably these figures have not greatly increased since that time. There are some apiaries of 100 to 200 colonies and quite a few of 50 or more. Eighty per cent of the bees are in the West Shox-e and Midland regions and over 74 per cent of the bees are in modern equipment, but in in- stances the box hive still persists, es- pecially on the Eastern Shore and in the mountain regions, where beekeep- ing is of less importance. Some of the largest apiaries are found near the cities of Washington, Baltimoi-e, Frederick, Hagerstown and Cumberland, probably because these are good markets for honey. There is a good State Beekepers' As- sociation under the leadership of the State Entomologist, E. N. Cory. A tendency exists to cling to the pro- duction of comb honey, although con- ditions over the State as a whole are such that a good grade of comb honey cannot be secured. Where clover is in dependable amounts, however, comb-honey production is profitable. The average yield of honey per colony is about 30 pounds, a low yield, due to the fact that the honey flow comes extremely early, betore the colonies are sufficiently strong to take advantage of it. When colonies are wintered as they should be, brood- rearing usually starts in March. Ma- ples bloom in April, followed by fruit and other early sources of nectar and pollen. Tulip-poplar comes in early May and is succeeded by clover in June. In July and August there is a long dearth, often with honeydew in unwelcome abundance, followed by a flow from the
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