Beekeeping in the Clover Region. 27 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS REGION. 
While not all parts of the clover region are equally good, there are 
few places in which it is not possible to keep bees with profit under 
proper management. It is unfortunate, however, that the oppor- 
tunities for beekeeping in this region are not being utilized as com- 
pletely as in some other beekeeping regions of the country. There 
are vast areas of the clover region not adequately covered by bees, 
and also many places where, because of the methods of beekeeping 
practiced, the beekeepers are failing to produce the best possible 
crops. Beekeeping to be profitable in this region must be conducted 
with all possible skill, and there are not sufficient beekeepers with 
the right amount of skill to cover this territory. A drawback to the 
adequate development of the clover region lies in the fact that there 
are thousands of persons owning a few colonies who give their bees 
little or no attention and who get practically no honey, and these bees 
serve to occupy territory, while if they were in the hands of a good 
beekeeper they might be adding to the Nation’s honey supply. The 
spread of the brood diseases is serving to change this condition, for 
the number of persons owning bees in the clover region is decreasing. 
With the education of the beekeepers of this region in better 
methods of beekeeping, there is reason to look for a great develop- 
ment in the industry in the near future. This is already under way 
and great progress is being made, so that never was the outlook in 
the clover region brighter than at present. 
Since it is impossible, within the scope of this bulletin, to give all 
the details of beekeeping practice which will be needed by commer- 
cial beekeepers in the clover region, it is necessary to refer to certain 
other bulletins of the Department of Agriculture in which these prac- 
tices are discussed in greater detail. These may be obtained without 
charge on application to the Department of Agriculture, Washing- 
ton, D. C. Some of these bulletins have already been mentioned. 
Those most applicable to the clover region are: 
Bees. (Farmers’ Bulletin. 447.) 
Honey and its Uses in the Home. (Farmers’ Bulletin 653.) 
Outdoor Wintering of Bees. Farmers’ Bulletin 695.) 
Sweet Clover, Utilization. (Farmers’ Bulletin 820.) 
Transferring Bees to Modern Hives. (Farmers’ Bulletin 961.) 
Control of European Foulbrood. (Farmers’ Bulletin 975.) 
Preparation of Bees for Outdoor Wintering. (Farmers’ Bulletin 1012.) 
Wintering Bees in Cellars. (Farmers’ Bulletin 1014.) 
Commercial Comb Honey Production. (Farmers’ Bulletin 1039.) 
Control of American Foulbrood. (Farmers’ Bulletin 1084.) 
Swarm Control. (Farmers’ Bulletin 1198.) 
Semimonthly reports of commercial honey markets may be had 
free on request from the Chief, Bureau of Markets and Crop Esti- 
mates, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICB : 1922 
