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BEEKEEPINC; IX THE SOUTH 



that it is impossible to write eiccumtel>' of conditions that will 

 apply widely. These conditions necessitate different jx^riods for 

 the application of the common manipulations of bee culture, 

 bring up the old explanation of "locality." But the best prac- 

 tices do not have to vary materially. Rather their time of 

 application varies. 



Of this situation, J.J. Wilder says: "Starting at the highest 

 point of our country, along the Blue Ridge Mountains, and 

 gradually sloping off down to sea level out along the great coast 

 region, we have all kinds of climate from the most rigid to the 

 most mild. We may have some winter problems in the most 

 rigid sections but none elsewhere." 



The statement concerning the winter problem, except as it 

 applies from Florida to Mexico, along the gulf coast only, is 

 open to debate. This is a question upon which but few southern 

 beekeepers agree. There certainly can be room for improve- 

 ment in the practices of wintering common in many parts of the 

 South (see chapter on "Wintering"). The author has never been 

 convinced that lhere was not some better beekeeping practice 



li. DAILY TEMPERATURES RELATIVT TO 57«F. AT LOUISVILLE. KEI.'Ti.ICKY. 



W >wco^ Ckf^ ">^*^ ^V— «- 3-X^ CUc^ Jh^^^tLJrt^ (?<ZAty^ i9/y 



Only 43 days during the entire eeaeon 

 the t 



en at eone time 

 perature did not fall below 57»F. Based on U.S. 

 Weather Bureau reoorde. Courtesy R.P.Dletzman, Loulevllle. 

 Lowest teiiperatur? never above 57»F. In Jan. Fee. '.'ov. Deo. 



Fig. 12. Daily Temperatures at Louisville, Kentucky. 



