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    A. & M. College Apiary - Together with Practical Suggestions in Modern Methods of Bee Keeping as Applied to Texas Conditions
    A. & M. College Apiary - Together with Practical Suggestions in Modern Methods of Bee Keeping as Applied to Texas Conditions
    A. & M. College Apiary - Together with Practical Suggestions in Modern Methods of Bee Keeping as Applied to Texas Conditions
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    A. & M. College Apiary - Together with Practical Suggestions in Modern Methods of Bee Keeping as Applied to Texas Conditions

    By Fred. W. Mally

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    "A. & M. College Apiary" is a detailed and beginner-friendly guide to setting up and managing a profitable apiary, with chapters on contemporary techniques, different races of bee, honey-plants, common pitfalls, and much more. Although old, this book constitutes a timeless handbook on the subject and is not to be missed by modern enthusiasts. Contents include: "Report on the Experimental Apiary", "Bee Keeping", "Introduction", "Food Value of Honey", "Profit in Bee Keeping", "Races of Bees", "Black, or German Bees", "Carniolans", "Cyorians", "Holy Islands", "Italians", "Golden Italians", "Hybrids", "How to Secure Bee", "Life and Habits of the Bee", etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on Bee-keeping. This book was first published in 1902.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHome Farm Books
    Release dateSep 21, 2017
    ISBN9781473342682
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      A. & M. College Apiary - Together with Practical Suggestions in Modern Methods of Bee Keeping as Applied to Texas Conditions - Fred. W. Mally

      REPORT UPON THE EXPERIMENTAL APIARY AT THE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE.

      FRED. W. MALLY AND WILMON NEWELL

      The Twenty-seventh Legislature of the State of Texas appropriated the sum of $750 for the establishment and maintenance of an experimental apiary at the Agricultural and Mechanical College, for the purpose of giving instruction in bee culture to the students of that institution, and for investigating such problems of bee keeping in Texas as would benefit those engaged in this industry. The task of establishing and maintaining this apiary was assigned to the Department of Entomology. Of the $750, $500 was appropriated for use during the year ending September 1, 1902. Owing to inability to secure competent assistance for this department, the establishment of the Experimental Apiary was not begun until March 1, 1902. Even then, owing to a rush of orders at the factories, it was impossible to secure the necessary supplies for this work until about May 10th. The forepart of the season of 1902 was, in the vicinity of the College, exceedingly dry, and hence unfavorable for the best success in the breeding and care of the bees, as well as making it impossible to get the best results in the experimental work with cultivated honey plants. In all its phases, the work has been subject to unavoidable and vexatious delays.

      One of the first things done was to enclose a tract of land of about ten acres for the purpose of securing a proper place for the honey house and apiary, as well as for sufficient ground for carrying on experiments with honey-producing plants. The tract enclosed has running through it a fine wooded ravine, and also encloses a natural grove, making a most ideal location for an apiary. In addition to this, about six acres of ground, which were formerly in pasture, have been broken and put in condition for experimental work.

      The sum of $500 available for the first year’s work has been expended as follows:

      These expenditures were for the raw material in the shape of lumber for the honey house, hives and supplies knocked down, etc. The honey house, including a well-equipped workshop, has been built, painted and thoroughly equipped, and all hives, supers, and other apparatus put together and painted ready for instant use. In addition to this the bees purchased, consisting of six colonies in all, together with one colony kindly donated by Mr. W. M. Crook, of Cresson, Texas, have been increased to twenty-one colonies, and a number of pure Italian queens for these new colonies have been reared. It will be seen that this would result in a marked increase in the valuation. As a matter of fact, the present inventory (September 1, 1902) shows a cash valuation of $729.10, or an increase in value of $229.10 between March 1 and September 1,

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