. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. VOL. LVIII—NO. 9 HAMILTON, ILL., SEPTEMBER, 1918 MONTHLY, $ A YFAR GLIMPSES OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS Beekeeping Conditions in the Semi-Arid Region Where Every Bush has a Thorn, as seen by Frank G. Pellett. TEXAS seems to be divided into several natural regions, from the standpoint of the bee- keeper, as already mentioned in a previous article. San Antonio is near the northeastern border of the mesquite region. Mesquite is plenti- ful for a long distance north of that city, but near the northern boundary of Bexar county is the line where cotton begins to
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. VOL. LVIII—NO. 9 HAMILTON, ILL., SEPTEMBER, 1918 MONTHLY, $ A YFAR GLIMPSES OF SOUTHWEST TEXAS Beekeeping Conditions in the Semi-Arid Region Where Every Bush has a Thorn, as seen by Frank G. Pellett. TEXAS seems to be divided into several natural regions, from the standpoint of the bee- keeper, as already mentioned in a previous article. San Antonio is near the northeastern border of the mesquite region. Mesquite is plenti- ful for a long distance north of that city, but near the northern boundary of Bexar county is the line where cotton begins to yield honey in sur- plus quantities. Accordingly that territory must be regarded as in the natural division where cotton is the predominant honey plant. A line drawn in a southeasterly direction from San Antonio, through Cuero and Victoria to the gulf, would prob- ably mark the approximate eastern boundary of the mesquite region. Figure 1 shows a characteristic group of the southwestern honey plants at Goliad. Here are seen agarita, mesquite, hackberry, Mexi- can persimmon, brazilwood, anaqua, prickly pear and huisatche; all good honey plants, growing together in one group. At Victoria, in the next county and only about thirty miles away, we find a very different flora. Agarita is common at Goliad, but is absent at Victoria. Victoria is about the eastern limit of mesquite at that point. Anaqua is still to be. Fig. l ump of southwestern honey-plants at Goliad, T hackberry, brazilwood, anaqua, prickly pear and huisatch' all good honey-plants growing togethe Aganta, mesquite, found in limited quantity, but the flora is, for the most part, the same as common to other parts of east Texas. It is surprising what a change one finds in the flora in such a short distance. After finding the thorny flora of the southwest for a continu- ous stretch of about two hundred miles, one is not prepared for such a sudden change. The natural boun- dary of this region is not difficult to find. The
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