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conditions, provide heavy yields of nectar. As the climatic conditions 

 are very favorable for the development of these nectar-bearing plants 

 during the summer and early fall, and as the honey from these sources 

 is of the very best, it is evident that beekeeping is sure to prosper. 



The census report for 1920 shows that there are nearly five hundred 

 colonies of bees already in the Upper Peninsula, a relatively small num- 

 ber of which are in the hands of commercial beekeepers. The absence 

 of bee-diseases, together with the favorable conditions for honey pro- 

 duction, assure the success of commercial beekeeping in the Upper 

 Peninsula. 



Fruit Growing in the Upper Peninshla. 



The kinds of fruit grown are limited by the length of the growing 

 season, the distribution of rainfall, and the variation in the range of 

 temperature of the days and nights. 



By referring to the discussion on climate, the areas will be found 

 which are influenced by the great lakes, where the variation between night 

 and day temperature ranges 18 degrees or less, and where this body of 

 water tempers the winter as well as the summer temperature. Those areas 

 lying on favored locations in relation to the great bodies of water are 

 further protected by the "land and lake breezes" which are common 

 throughout the Great Lakes area and which consist of land breezes dur- 



EHg. 39. iFruit growing In the Upper Peninsula is in its infancy. (Marly sections have con- 

 ditions favorable to both tree fruits and. small fruits. 



ing the day until mid-afternoon when a strong breeze from the lake 

 sets in causing a fall in temperature but which protects the section so 

 favored from extremes of temperature and mid-season frosts. Such 

 areas for fruit should be located so that good air drainage can be se- 

 cured. In general the climate is such as to favor the growing of the 

 summer and fall varieties of apples, sour cherries, Japanese plums, and 

 practically all small fruits such as currants, gooseberries, raspberries, 

 strawberries, etc. 



