Bee Keeping in Porto Rico
By W. V. Tower
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Bee Keeping in Porto Rico - W. V. Tower
RICO.
INTRODUCTION.
At the present time the honey industry of Porto Rico is in its infancy. There are a few apiaries on the island, located in the mountainous district of Ponce and in Mayaguez; a few others are scattered over the island, but there is no area which could be considered over-stocked. There are extensive acreages where Italian bees cannot be found. Native hives have been used, but now some of the bee-keepers are transferring their stock to the standard hive and are raising Italian bees.
The northern, western, eastern, and interior portions of the island are exceptionally well adapted to the bee industry, while the south side is not considered so good on account of the scarcity of rain during all seasons of the year. The bees at the experiment station have never had to be fed during the winter months of the year. This year two hives of Italian bees have been weighed morning and evening, one from December 13th until February 13th, showing an increase in weight of fifty-five pounds, while the second showed an increase of forty-nine pounds, from December 22nd to February 12th. This was during the driest months of the