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to get the full amount of surplus, there is no question that this area 
may furnish many times more honey than it does at present. That 
this honey can be marketed at a profit is attested by the fact that this 
section now sends to outside regions for part of its honey supply. 
There is not the local prejudice to dark honey which exists in the 
clover region and in the West. All of these factors taken together 
make the region one of promise. The enormous number of colonies 
of bees in this region is proof of the great nectar resources, and if 
these colonies are given proper care vast quantities of honey can be 
produced. 
If the beekeepers of the region will abandon the “ gums” and box- 
hives for modern equipment, and if they will adopt the practices for 
their beekeeping which are herein set forth in brief, they will find it 
possible to engage in beekeeping to a much greater extent than has 
been customary in the past. The region needs, more than anything 
else, more men engaged in beekeeping on a commercial scale, men 
who make it their chief or only occupation. The possibilities of the 
region are such that this procedure can be recommended and it is 
evident that it will be impossible for the man with only a few 
colonies to make the study of the business which will insure success 
under the peculiarities of this region. Careless beekeeping is en- 
tirely unprofitable, especially in a region where the main honey-flow 
comes so soon after the last killing frost of the spring. Only the 
beekeeper who studies his work and who takes the proper care of his 
bees can hope to make beekeeping a success in this region. 
In connection with this bulletin the reader should refer especially 
to the following publications, all of which may be obtained without 
charge from the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.: 
Farmers’ Bulletin 447, Bees. 
Farmers’ Bulletin 653, Honey and Its Uses in the Home. 
Farmers’ Bulletin 961, Transferring Bees to Modern Hives. 
Farmers’ Bulletin 975, The Control of European Foulbrood. 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1012, Preparation of Bees for Outdoor Wintering. 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1084, The Control of American Foulbrood. 
Farmers’ Bulletin 1198, Swarm Control. 
Semimonthly reports of market conditions and prices prevailing in 
the principal producing areas and on the leading commergial honey 
markets of the country may be had free on request from the Bureau 
of Markets and Crop Estimates, Department of Agriculture, Wash- 
ington, D. C. 
