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rearing between flows in the summer or fall, when otherwise, 

 the colony would depopulate to such an extent that little of the 

 second or third crop might be secured. Also a small flow in 

 early fall may stimulate brood rearing, thus putting the bees into 

 winter quarters with a large force of young bees. M. V. 

 Facey of Minnesota asserts that the largest variety of honey plants 

 is to be found in a " broken' countiy. The low lands will furnish 

 late flowers, while the trees and plants of the hills and uplands 

 will, in ordinary seasons, give a continual source of honey from 

 early spring to late fall. 



Overstocking 



It may be that after such a location has been found, the bee- 

 keeper will discover the territory already occupied with bees and in 



Fig. 3. A broken lapd furnishes the greatest diversity of flora 



