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figure also largely in the list of honey plants, as for instance the 

 rattan in west Louisiana and east Texas. 



Queens and Packages. 



In this alluvial section queen rearing and pound packages of 

 bees figure as an important source of income for the beekeeper. 

 The season when nectar may be found by the bees is long enough 

 to permit queen rearing to continue through most of the season 

 that queensare needed in other parts of the country. In the tropics, 

 however, the honey fiows often cut off when \-ery hot weather 

 comes. Then, too, the alluvial section honey flows, except in a 

 few localities, are long and steady, or at least are not so intensive 

 as the beekeeper in the white clover belt is accustomed to. 

 For the most part extracted honey is produced, although there 

 are many parts of this vast region where some comb honey is 

 produced and many more where it would pay well for the bee- 

 keeper who has not too many bees, to hardle the problems of 



Fig. 29. An up-to-date apiary in the pine woods of Alabama. 



