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Thurs*
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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER
Page 3
Iris Belle McClellan
Dry winter slows Africanized bees
Iris Belle McClellan, 77, of
Austin, died Monday, February
28, 1994 in an Austin nursing
home.
She was born on October 17,
1916 in Mexia.
Mrs. McClellan had lived in
Austin for the past 20 years.
Prior to that she had lived in
Texas City and Mexia. She was
a retired Dorm Supervisor for
the Travis State School.
Survivors include her hus-
band, Gordon McClellan of
Austin; two sons, Edmil Auld of
Burkburnett and Don Follis of
Texas City; six grandchildren
and 14 greatgrandchildren;
brother, Adrian Melcher of
Mexia; and sister, Ruby Arnold
of Elgin.
Graveside services were held
Tuesday, March 1 at Coolidge
Cemetery with Reverend
Richard Dahlgren officiating.
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Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry honors Jane Hubbard
Wright and Virginia Hubbard Wright from Hubbard Farm in
Bastrop County. The farm has been operated by the family for
100 years or more and was induced into the Texas Department
of Agriculture's Family Land Heritage Program at a January 21
ceremony, in Austin
A lack of moisture so far in
Texas this winter may have put
a damper on Africanized honey
bee activities despite overall
mild winter temperatures.
Inspectors with the Texas
Apiary Inspection Service have
been coming up dry in trap
checks throughout the state all
winter. And the state Honey Bee
Identification Lab at Texas
A&M isn't receiving many sam-
ples from the public either.
"Everything is deathly quiet,
but it may be the quiet before
the storm," said John Fick, api-
ary inspector.
"Aside from three brief cold
spells, temperatures were unsea-
sonably warmer in January and
have been so far this month,"
said George Bomar, state mete-
orologist with the Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Com-
mission. "But it also has been
drier. January was modestly
below normal and February al-
ready is substantially below
normal in precipitation almost
everywhere in the state."
Fick said not only are in-
spectors not finding Africanized
bees, but regular European bees
haven't been moving into the
traps either.
"We still are inspecting the
traps monthly, but in March we
probably will go to twice a
month," he said. Traplines ex-
tend throughout the middle por-
tion of the state, roughly from
San Angelo to Beaumont and
from Eastland to Buffalo.
Dr. Frank Eischen, apicul-
turist for the Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station in Weslaco,
said heavy swarming should be-
gin within the next four weeks.
Africanized Honey Bee Trap Lines
Trap lines are maintained across the state by Texas A&M
University to track the northward migration of Africanized
honey bees. The traps consist of cardboard boxes hung in
trees. Bees nest in the boxes, which are checked regularly
for Africanized colonies. A small trap line on the border is
maintained for research purposes by USDA's Agricultural
Research Service.
51
REPUBLIC
OF MEXICO
TRAP LINES
Graphic: Agricultural Communications, Texas A&M System
He said some swarms already
have been seen but most proba-
bly were "kamikaze" swarms, or
those that ran out of food in the
hive and leave to find food or
die trying. The swarms likely to
be seen in coming weeks are
"reproductive" swarms that
leave old bees in the former
hive to find fresh nests for the
newly developed bees.
"I really don't know what the
Africanized bees will do, but at
this point, it would look like the
swarming may not be that bad
(in Central Texas) and may be a
little later than in previous
years," Fick said.
By this time a year ago, the
first swarm in a new county al-
ready had been detected in
Central Texas.
Fick also noted that autumn
in Texas was relatively dry, and
trappings throughout the fall
didn't find many bees either.
"We hope to see a southerly
push back of the Africanized
bees due to weather. But for
now, it is wait and see.
We'll know in another month
or two," he added.
Lisa Bradley, Honey Bee
Identification Lab manager, said
few samples have been received
lately from the public.
"It has been very slow since
November," she said, noting
one sample in January and an-
other in February. "But that's
about it for this winter so far."
Eischen believes the
Africanized bees will move into
some new territory this year, but
he does not think the bees will
establish heavy populations
north of Houston or into the
Dallas area even in future years.
"Unless the Africanized bees
develop overwintering traits
through breeding with the local
European bees, we won't see
them living very far north," Eis-
chen said. "And that
(overwintering) has not hap-
pened in Argentina," which is
about as far south as Texas is
north of the equator.
He noted that the Africanized
bees can adopt to cold temper-
atures, but it is the lack of food
sources that causes their demise
in places where plants don't
bloom all winter.
Eighteen Texas counties were
quarantined last year. Tom
Green County became the 70th
county quarantined in Texas on
November 15, 1993. The quar-
antine allows beekeepers to
move their hives inside but not
out of the quarantined zone.
Africanized honey bees were
first detected in the United
States near Hidalgo, Texas, on
October 15, 1990. One human
death as a result of Africanized
honey bees has been reported
since then.
Don't get too far ahead of spring yet, warns expert on gardening
As the weather begins to
warm in most parts of the
Southwest, gardening enthusi-
ast may be getting antsy to get
back into the garden and get
tflfeUr fingernails ttarty.-Bttr Ex-
tension horticulturist Dr. Doug
Welsh says if s a little too early
for new planting, fertilizing or
mowing because frosts and
freezes are still possible.
However, there are some
things you can do to get a head
start on the spring gardening
season. WelSh says nbW is the*
time to prepare garden soil for
later planting. You can add
compost, leaves that have fallen
off trees, shredded pine bark,
manure and other organic mat-
ter.
February also is a good
month for pruning trees and
shrubs that bloom during sum-
mer months. Welsh notes that
it's riot a good idea to give trees
a severe haircut. This hinders
them from starting new growth
because they put all their energy
into repairing damage.
New research has also shown
that leaving a quarter-of-an-inch
stub where you prune helps in
the healing process of the tree.
Welsh cautions that pruning in
February should be reserved for
trees and plants that bloom
during the summer months.
If you prune plants that
bloom in the spring, you will be
cutting off this year's blooms. If
you're not sure whether a partic-
ular plant blooms in the spring
or summer, contact your local
nursery or County Extension
Office.
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