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field with bees, and therefore, we have recommended to the Dean of 

 the College that sufficient funds be appropriated to insure a man 

 being placed in the field during the summer to demonstrate to 

 farmers and others throughout the State the practical points of bee 

 keeping. 



One of the accompany- 

 ing photographs, Fig. No. 

 71, shows a small observa- 

 tion hive used in our 

 apiary in order to watch 

 the bees while at work. 

 Fig. No. 73 illustrates a 

 felled tree containing a col- 

 ony of bees which had 

 made their home in the hol- 

 low trunk. This was found 

 just outside of Minneapolis 

 near Brooklyn Center. This 

 colony, by the way, was put 

 into a modern bee hive and 

 in addition to the honey 

 necessary to carry it over 

 winter, a surplus of 30 

 pounds was obtained. 



The published report of 

 the State Bee Inspector in- 

 dicates a falling off in the 

 amount of foul brood dis- 

 ease, which may be pos- 

 sibly in part due to the 

 comparatively small per- 

 centage of bees which came 

 through the winter. 



We believe that the in- 

 dustry of bee keeping is as 

 yet in its infancy in this 

 state and that from the 

 abundance of bee pastur- 

 age in almost every section it can be made a most remunerative 

 occupation, to say nothing of the advantage to a farmer of having 

 bees upon the place to assist in pollination. 



Fig. 73. Smoking- bees in felled bee tree. Aamotit. 



