. Beekeeping in the South; a handbook on seasons, methods and honey flora of the fifteen southern states. Bees. 94 BEEKEEPING IX THE SOUTH. Fig. 46. A Texas apiary in the Rio Grande Valley that produced 20,000 pounds of honey from 90 colonies. under the direction of F. B. Paddock, College Station, (now of Iowa) is probably second to that of no other state in the union. Many of the better sections of the state for honey production are well taken up, but there are still others where more bees could be kept profitably. Soils and Climate. Texas varies radically in soil types, from the black loam o
. Beekeeping in the South; a handbook on seasons, methods and honey flora of the fifteen southern states. Bees. 94 BEEKEEPING IX THE SOUTH. Fig. 46. A Texas apiary in the Rio Grande Valley that produced 20,000 pounds of honey from 90 colonies. under the direction of F. B. Paddock, College Station, (now of Iowa) is probably second to that of no other state in the union. Many of the better sections of the state for honey production are well taken up, but there are still others where more bees could be kept profitably. Soils and Climate. Texas varies radically in soil types, from the black loam of northeast Texas to the desert of the southwest and the sands of northwest. Many plants are found in the state which do not yield as they do in other localities. Dandelion is found abun- dantly in north Texas, but H. D. Murry reports: *T do not mean to say that bees do not work on dandelion here. I have caught them in the act, but you would never know it by looking in the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hawkins, K. (Kennith). Hamilton, Ill. , American Bee Journal
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