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BEEKEEPING IN THE SOUTH 



Fig. 46. A Texas apiary in the Rio Grande Valley that produced 20,000 

 pounds of honey from 90 colonies. 



under the direction of F. B. Paddock, College Station, (now of 

 Iowa) is probably second to that of no other state in the union. 

 Many of the better sections of the state for honey production 

 are well taken up, but there are still others where more bees 

 could be kept profitably. 



Soils and Climate. 



Texas varies radically in soil types, from the black loam of 

 northeast Texas to the desert of the southwest and the sands of 

 northwest. Many plants are found in the state which do not 

 yield as they do in other localities. Dandelion is found abun- 

 dantly in north Texas, but H. D. Murry reports: "I do not mean 

 to say that bees do not work on dandelion here. I have caught 

 them in the act, but you would nc\n- know it by looking in the 



