BULLETIN No. 129. JUNE 1909. 



MASSACHUSETTS 



AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT 



STATION. 



Bee Keeping In Massachusetts. 



BY 



BURTON N. GATES. 



This bulletin, a reprint of No. 75 Part 7, of the Bureau 

 of Entomology, is published through the courtesy of the U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. It is based upon careful study cover- 

 ing early history, existing conditions and possibilities. The 

 bulletin calls attention to needed improvements in methods ; 

 discusses the different races of bees ; types of hives usually 

 regarded as best ; and gives information as to the extent of the 

 demand in the state for the products of the industry. It con- 

 siders also the value of the different wild and cultivated plants 

 for honey in various sections of the state ; gives important 

 information as to the most successful methods both of summer 

 and winter management, and briefly considers the principal 

 diseases and enemies of bees. It emphasizes the fact that the 

 opportunities for bee keeping in Massachusetts are exception- 

 ally good and concludes with a list of the more important 

 articles on bee keeping in Massachusetts. 



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Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Amherst, Mass. 



