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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1973
Page
5
Beekeeper Roy Baxley explains bees distribute evenly in orchards and welcome hive newcomers who contribute to honey. He recalls stinging records of 700 in a day and a wartime bee rescue where a road swarmed with bees but was cleared with smoke and effort.
Soybeans and soybean meal reached record highs on the Chicago Board of Trade as futures climbed through the week. Wheat, corn, oats, and soy products also advanced, with soybeans hitting $9 a bushel and meal topping $300 a ton amid tight supplies and stronger exports.
Beekeeper Roy Baxley laments disappearing sweet clover as honey profits rise yet hives shrink from 750 to 150. Experts blame herbicides and shifts to cash crops, noting farmers favor corn soybeans and wheat with extensive land use.
Farm Life notes that the insecticide act expires December 31 and Southern Illinois beekeepers report few losses from insecticides. Levin the primary honey crop threat, while experts say successful beekeeping requires moving between sunflowers, sweet clover and Spanish needle. Illinois colonies have fallen from about 250,000 at the century's start to roughly 50,000 today. Baxley, a longtime bee inspector, touts honey as healthful and recalls starting beekeeping at 23 after finding honey in a dead tree trunk.
Rain Damage in Southern Illinois and inland areas prompts a shift toward soybeans. C Richard Swope, Benton extension adviser, notes wheat yields down to two thirds of 1972 levels while corn planting delays and damp soils push farmers to increase soybean acreage. He cites 1972 and 1968 county figures for wheat, alfalfa, and corn as context.
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