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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1977
Page
4
Editors note based on a 4H Beekeeping Clinic overview Gary Ross cited. The article outlines bee social structure including queen drone and worker roles, mating, hive organization, bee communication dances, nectar to honey process, vision, seasonal swarming, queen replacement, stings anatomy and venom, treatments, and factors affecting hive behavior and defense.
State Entomologist Gary Ross spoke at a 4-H Beekeeping Clinic about the African killer bee. He explained its resemblance to the U S honey bee, its origin in South America, behavior like absconding, and potential to reach the United States within decades though unlikely to survive winters here. He noted interbreeding in Argentina and a honey yield up to 220 pounds per year.
Elvin Prather will headline the District Dairy Feeding and Reproduction School to be held Tuesday January 18 at 10 a.m. at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Dairymen are invited. Dr Prather will review reproductive problems and Ralph Bonowitz will discuss feeding for maximum production. A noon meal requires reservations through the Franklin County Extension office.
Kansas’s farm count kept shrinking with larger farms toward 1977. The Crop and Livestock Reporting Service estimates 77,000 farms, down 2,000 from a year ago, average size 636 acres up from 627, and farmland at 49 million acres, 49.5 million last year. Kansas ranks third in farmland area among states, with a long decline since 1910 peak. Also announced are dairy quality awards from Kansas State University, with rules on Wisconsin Mastitis Test, ESCC counts, and bacteria tests, plus prize money and certificates for top performers. Entries due Oct. 1 to Earl Farmer, KSU. District Range Management School set for Garnett on Oct. 20 with talks on grass growth, soils, grazing, nutrition, and weed control.
Cattlemen debate beef consumption figures from Ken Talcott. Per capita beef on the hoof runs about 120 pounds yearly but cooked weight is under 40 pounds per person. Americans average less than a hamburger daily, prompting calls to boost steak consumption.
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