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valley, such as the Arkansas, where the roots of the 

 plants extend to the water. During a dry period bees 

 will fly over other fields in bloom to a field which is 

 irrigated and is beginning to bloom. 



' ' The greatest adlivity in apiculture in this state is 

 to be found in the alfalfa regions. In the alfalfa-grow- 

 ing portions of the state the average yield per hive in 

 1898 exceeded sixty pounds, while in portions of the 

 state where alfalfa was not a prominent fadtor in honey 

 produdtion the bees did well to procure a livelihood for 

 themselves without furnishing a. surplus for their 

 owners. Some hives situated in the alfalfa region were 

 able to yield that season a surplus of 200 pounds of 

 comb honey. 



' ' The conclusion of the three years' study of the 

 alfalfa regions of Kansas, then, briefly stated, are that 

 the highest returns from the alfalfa meadow are to be 

 secured by an early spring cultivation of roots with 

 the disk-harrow and a summer visitation of the blossoms 

 by the honey-bee." 



