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BEEKEEfiNG IN THE SOUTH 



Fig. 16. A West Virginia apiary in double walled hives. 



The Mountain Region. 



North of this alluvial country begin the mountains of the 

 South, and in most parts of Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, 

 North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, 

 the proposition of heavier winter protection deserves the serious 

 attention of the beekeepers. It has been customary for beekeep- 

 ers of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma to assert that such 

 a practice was wholly unnecessary. The truth of the proposition 

 will never be known until the practice has been tried out on many 

 colonies for a period of years and the results in honey production 

 compared with colonies not so protected. Such an experiment 

 is now being carried on in a small way by Mrs. Armstrong (Grace) 

 Allen at Nashville, Tennessee, with results so far not particularly 

 favorable to heavy packing. However the test is far from com- 

 plete, and the best feature of Mrs. Allen's work is her open- 

 mindedness on the proposition. The winters and the honey 

 plants in much of this section approximate in source, tempera- 

 tures and seasons, the white clover belt of the North, so that it 

 would seem that some packing might pay. It is certain from the 



