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into account. Similar maps and descriptions of out-apiaries 

 appeared in the same journal at about the same time, one 

 of the apiaries of E. France, Platteville, Wisconsin, and 

 another from A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vermont. The effect 

 of contour of the land is especially well illustrated in the 

 Manum map. It would probably profit any extensive bee- 

 keeper who has several out-apiaries to make a similar map 

 of his region, especially if he includes the honey sources. 



