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2. Beekeeping in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Some southern U.S. beekeepers keep bees primarily to raise queens and package bees for sale. Northern beekeepers can buy early spring queens and 3- or 4-pound packages of live worker bees from the South to replenish hives that die out during the winter, although this is becoming less practical due to the spread of the Africanized bee.

3. List of Northern American nectar sources for honey bees

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   A honey bee collecting nectar from an apricot flower.. The nectar resource in a given area depends on the kinds of flowering plants present and their blooming periods. Which kinds grow in an area depends on soil texture, soil pH, soil drainage, daily maximum and minimum temperatures, precipitation, extreme minimum winter temperature, and growing degre

4. Beekeeping - Wikipedia

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   Other sources of beekeeping income include pollination of crops, raising queens, and production of package bees for sale. Bee hives are kept in an apiary or "bee yard". The earliest evidence of humans collecting honey are from Spanish caves paintings dated 6,000 BCE, [ 1 ] however it is not until 3,100 BCE that there is evidence from Egypt of ...

5. Hobbyist beekeepers are buzzing after reversing America’s ...

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   Census data shows that the number of bee colony operations rose much faster than honey production—and is up 160% since 2007. Pollination—not honey—is why the U.S. needs more bees

6. Walter T. Kelley - Wikipedia

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   He created or greatly improved upon ventilated bee gloves (1938), wired foundation (1939), bee blowers (1969), and plastic bottom boards (1975). [2] Kelley's business included a 100-acre (400,000 m 2) farm in Cade, Louisiana, where his queen and package bee operation grew to 1500 colonies. He sold queens and replacement bees throughout North ...

7. Apiary - Wikipedia

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   The maximum size of a permanent apiary or bee yard may depend on the type of bee as well. Some honey bee species fly farther than others. A circle around an apiary with a three-mile (5 km) foraging radius covers 28 square miles (73 km 2). A good rule of thumb is to have no more than 25–35 hives in a permanent apiary, although migrating ...