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I‘AILE 11.1
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5&5 FURAGE sPEclEs TABLILATED FDR SEASON AND TVPE 0F HONEV (COOL TEMPERM’E CLIMATE]
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EARLVIMD LATE
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SIlIon Sum Sou-on
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m fiascmavy Lemmood
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(5W7! DWEMD")
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BULK Echlum flsllmsum While down! E, lusluosum
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ABE: BWBIVIY Euwypl
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Calm!“
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SPECIAL
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i CROP Gm Smnlllmlls Muslim
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NONEVS
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and exhahng rn abonl a l 2 rruoure rhyrhrn Ai hlye
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remperarures are nonnally hagh lal ibvul 2P0. so hm.-
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msulsrron m eold wearher rs rmpoelanl, and rn
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Denmark bees are overewmkrcd ln rharehed sure
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areas, or srored rn msulaled hrye houses in olher pans
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ol :oeope Conyersely, m anas or hor summers, hryes
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need shade and good yenrllahon, or honey rs losr as
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energy used in eoolmg llannmgl hy rhe hrye.
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A<<ess ro wares ls mosl salely arhreved oy providrng
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mked mors or nesslan al pond edges, so rhar bees
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eannor dmwn whlle drmhlng, and small ponds or
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leoughs lree ol dragonrlres give less losses lhan large
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poms rwhere dragonlhes are elhnenr predarors).
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llavrng designed rhe physlfil oorlrne or a bee range
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lwhleh in rnuh resemble any wul—lek-mi lam), rhen
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loeal lrsrs or honey planrs ean he ennsulled lor
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parhsldes, road verges, hedgerow, and (must, ll repays
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rhe beekeeper ro do rarelrrl reseanh mln bee lorage
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speeres. We eoold handrly drvrde lrrrages lnlo early,
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mrd, and lale season [or o good spread or yreld, and
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agarn mm elassreal, bulk, and special honeys and
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pollens lor mlxmg and speerlre marlrer Some elassreal
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lhrghly prelerredr honeys are "haiku" honeys lsage,
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rhyme, earmmr, rosemaryl, pme nee or basiwnod mlro
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spp.l honeys rn Europe and lhe USA; marsh ropeln
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honeys lsuorroplesl, lea|herwood lsrmyplrul hows ol
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Chile and Tasmania, and errros honeys
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Bulk honeys surlahle lor hlendlng denye lrorn
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elovers, euralyprs, Amour, lreld erops sheh as musurd
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and buckwheal, lmll erop usually lrorn lhe lamrly
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Roseanne lolaeldaerry, rospherry, ippkl). and ~rnlxed
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garden huney‘
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Spenal pollens axe lhoseeolleered lrom planrs such as
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some Anna and goldenrod, rhe pollens nl whreh rrray
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cause asrhma il mhaled by suseeplrole people. Earen,
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lhese honeysos pollens llrlre |M young loaves or poison
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my and polson oak) ao ro prevenl allergre reaerron
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Thus, the eeleenon ol rouge speeres eon oe enrered
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mvo a 3 x 3 ubk, as m Table m, lor any pnnseolar sue
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and rhmare
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lr ls hesl ro have :5 mam lnrage speoes over KM
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whul: reason, as speeres sueh as (lover and eoealypes
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may vary rn yield lrorn year ro year Smululy, pollen
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spreles are seleered on rho same hasrs, and pollen rraps
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rrrred ro rhe hryes ar penodsol hrgh yreld. Hlvs should
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ywld abonl KM same welghr ol pollen as honey, and lhe
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larrer pro rdes a hlghrpxolelll addurve ro my llours or
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srarehy loods
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amen rhar we have desrgned a range lor bees, lhen
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rhe same areas presenrs a umoue opponunlry ro grow
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:Tnpsiespetlally seed crops—dependenr on hee
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polllnalron 5oeh emps are klwilmll, any hramhle
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oeeny, rmalllruu, muslaros and Bmsslrts, elovevs, apples
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or pmne lnnrs, huehwhear, Amen, srone prne, and so
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on Craps wl|hln a mrle ol hrves wlll ouryreld mp m
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pee-delmnr areas oy a lanor or sew hmes
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Thus, we can shelsh our rhe essenoal goons: plan ol
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an exeellenr hoe lann. whrch would else and idmfly be
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a produerron larm lor hurls and seedelrlgure 12.11)
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poulmr RANGE
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The lwo baslc breeds ol model-n chkkm are lhe '13!”
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and hoary breeds Lrghl breeds denve lrom spenlsh
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aneeslors, and probably rrorn lndo—M-Ilynan ,ungle
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lowl They ore lhghey, poor rnorhers, lay whrre eggs ln
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sprrng and summer, me eold and wmd sensroye, and
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pmter sandy or lrghl sorls ol hlgh pH These hreeds
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have long legs. lull eornbs, iuur loes, are lighfly
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rearhered, oleen poms wink ear lobes, and my well.
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we know them by rherr older Medhenanesn names ol
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Aneonas, Andalnsldns, Mmoreas. leghorns. and more
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rnrely ey norrhern European names sueh as
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Hamburghs
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Heavy hreeds derrve lrom chrnese lowl, vra
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aneesrors such as are langshan. They are norreellers rl
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nor ehaseo, excellem mothers, lay brown eggs rn
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summer and lukumn (even rhrough wlnrer), are hardy
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lo eold and wllld, and rolerare elny and add sous Many
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have heavy realheelng, ehon and Somfilms resumed
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legs, shorl eomros or "rose combs”, lrve lees, and
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pom namas denyeo [mm nonher-n Bump: such as
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Seors bumpy, Orprnglon, Dorlrlng lol Engllsh lame);
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orhers haye names lrorn hveedsdeveloped ln European
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rolonres, mm as Wymdone, Rhode lsland Red.
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l-lyrnoulh Rock, and Australorp
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selween rhese breeds. and a lew exulk speeles
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developed rn Soolh Amenra lhraoeana), we oan seleer
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honr 60—160 breeds (or speoll-le soils, sues, loodsrulrs,
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and errher egg or rnear prodoerron, or hoeh lurlllly
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breeds), ln laymg hens, lseerange lloeh averages or
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lzo-lso eggs per hen per year would be nonnal lor
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heayy breeds, wrrh rare ayerages ol IBOeZDU, whlk liglu
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err-eds sueh as Hamburglu and laghoms ean usually
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produce horn romeo lloeh average. mnsnessed lloelo
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on range wl|| eononoe ro lay lrom tee years. whereas
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eaged anrmals wear on under lmwd regimes of llghl
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