BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTH 



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Fig. 10. A summer meeting of Tennessee beekeepers. 



A Primary Difference. 



In the North the beekeeping calendar may be readily divided 

 into two parts, the season of preparation, and the season of honey 

 flow. In the South, speaking of the South as a whole, this is 

 not quite so feasible. A primary difference is in the much shorter 

 season of inactivity and the much longer season during which 

 bees rear brood. An additional important point in connection 

 with the season during which bees may rear brood follows: 

 Bees in parts of the South often begin rearing brood weeks be- 

 fore the main honey flow. They may swarm, become impover- 

 ished for lack of stores and bring about unusual conditions at 

 several seasons of the year, which the beekeeper of the North 

 is seldom accustomed to meet but once during the season. 



