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as have many other beekeepers of the Appalachicola section. 

 Beekeepers have been visited at Miami, who place their bees 

 on lighters and tow them further down the east coast to the man- 

 grove locations on the Keys. On the west coast, this plan has 

 not been so thoroughly tried, but is proving feasible. However, 

 migratory beekeeping, either in Florida, or from other states to 

 Florida, has been largely given up. Success has not usually 

 attended the efforts to make it pay. Most of the beekeepers 

 of this area have permanent locations for most of their bee 

 yards. 



Queens and Packages. 



One feature of tropical locations, both in south Florida and 

 southwest Texas, is the value of such locations to raise queen 



Fig. 25. Harry Hewitt's apiary at Lake Apopka in Tropical Florida, 



