GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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A GENERAL VIEW OF THE EXPERIMENTAL APIARY OF THK V. S. COVERNMENT, AT WASH- 

 INGTON, D. C, IN CHARGE OF FRANK BENTON. PHOTOGRAPHED BY D. E. LYON. 



c— As to races now kept. 



d.— As to proportion of frame to box hives now in 

 use. 



2d. — On the basis of these dr.ta it is proposed to map on 

 outhne-maps of the United States the areas of the 

 principal honey-producing plants, and to determine 

 where and what new plants could be disseminated for 

 the purpose of increasing bee-pasturage. 



3d.— The publication of a bulletin on pasturage for bees, 

 the manner of increasing it, with cultural and other 

 notes on new honey-producing plants; a bulletin 

 treating of migratory or pastoral bee-keeping, and a 

 bulletin on the best methods of rearing queen bees. 



4th.— The beginning of a card index of apiarian litera- 

 ture. 



5th— The beginning of careful studies to complete a 

 knowledge of the life- histories of the various insect 

 enemies of bees. 



6th.— The rearing and distribution for the testing and 

 introduction of fresh blood into different parts of the 

 country of 300 queen bees of improved races and 

 crosses. 



When the writer took the train for home 

 he felt that from what he had seen he could 

 "bring a good report of the land" for the 

 readers of Gleanings. The accompanying 

 photos I took, which will be of interest to 

 the bee-keeping fraternity. 



A CORNER OF THE GOVERNMENT APIARY WHERE THE CAUCASIAN AND CARNIOLAN COL- 

 ONIES STAND, PHOTOGRAPHED BY D. E. LYON, 



