CHAPTER V 



The Seasons in the South. 



PRACTICAL bee culture everywhere is largely an or- 

 ganized system of beekeeping manipulations. It should 

 be also the study of bee behavior. Since the condition of 

 the bees influences largely what the beekeeper must do at the 

 time, bee culture in the South differs only slightly from the same 

 science in other parts of the country. Any difference in bee 

 culture in the South, from the same science elsewhere, is only 

 because of the difference in the exact time when most of the 

 common manipulations of bee culture must be attended to. The 

 more carefully one studies bee culture methods in vogue among 



Fig. 8. It is necessary to guard against high water in many desirable locations 



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