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Thelma Burleson, writing in 1938:
Even though commercial beekeeping is well established in Texas today, one is not to conclude that supplementary and avocational apiculture have disappeared. It will be observed, however, that the more advanced methods followed by the commercial beekeeper are likewise used by the majority of non-commercial apiarists. Furthermore, among all beekeepers there is a progressive tendency to do away with the old, outmoded forms of equipment.
It is the opinion of H. B. Parks that apiculture as a supplementary business will decline because of the high cost of operating; that as a specialized industry it will center in the hands of a few large-scale commercial apiarists; and that as an avocation it will continue develop. In fact, keeping bees as an avocation is growing by leap and bounds at the present time. Public schools and colleges are using bees for nature study projects, and many people in business keep a bee hive or two for recreation. San Antonio alone has several thousand such colonies.
Burleson, T. M. (1938). Origin and development of the bee industry in Texas. Thesis, University of Texas.
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