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Basswood also shows a difference, in the type of wood, since 

 basswood from trees in Tennessee, for instance, has never given 

 satisfaction when used for section making by manufacturers of 

 bee supplies. This is particularly true of those which grow on 

 lower land in the South and Southeast. 



Mountain Climate. 



The climate in the higher altitudes in this region is almost 

 identical with that in many parts of the North, in the so-called 

 "White Clover Belt." In West Virginia, in altitudes in the 

 vicinity of Webster Springs, the winters and summers approxi- 

 mate in length and intensity, those of Wisconsin. This also 

 applies to much territory in eastern Tennessee, eastern Kentucky 

 and western Virginia, where heavy snowfall, heavy rainfall, quite 

 low winter temperatures and shorter hot summers are common. 

 This makes it almost needless to say that bee culture in such 

 localities in the South requires almost identical bee behavior 

 operations as in the North. 



Fig. 35. An attractive hillside location in Virginia. 



