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PLANTS AND BEEKEEPING an account of those plants, wild and cultivated,
of value to the hive bee, and for honey production in the British Isles
by F. N. HOWES, D. Sc. PREFACE: There has been a marked increase of
interest in beekeeping and the production of honey throughout the
country in recent years. This may have been initiated by the Second
World War, with the consequent shortage of sweetening materials, and
partly by other considerations, such as the better understand ing of
some of the major bee diseases that now prevails. The num ber of
beekeepers has been doubled or trebled in many localities according to
the statistics of Beekeepers Associations and doubtless the total
production of home-produced Honey ka MDeen stepped up considerably. It
is to be hoped this increase in the Nations annual honey crop will
continue, and, what is of even greater importance, that this increase in
the nations bee population will also be main tained, for it has been
proved that the main value of the h
