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glp:anings in bee culture. 



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THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE. AGAIN. 



AViiat it is Doiiii? for the Bee-keepiiis; 

 AVorld. 



BY E. K. HOOT. 



Shortly following the Jenkiutowu field- 

 day meeting, near Philadelphia, June 2()th, 

 I took a short run down to Washington for 

 the express purpose of seeing with my own 

 eyes what Uncle Sam was doing for bee eul- 

 cure. I have already told about the interest 

 he has taken in disseminating informa- 

 tion on the subject of bee diseases; of how 

 he has sent representatives to our various 



bee conventions, thus bringing the general 

 government in close touch with the bee- 

 keepers themselves. That this has met with 

 their general approbation everywhere is 

 well known. The time was whenour Uncle 

 did not recognize bee culture in any way 

 whatsoever; but now there is quite an ap- 

 propriation, through the Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, to defray the expense of several 

 salaried employees, and at the same time 

 maintain one or more government experi- 

 mental apiaries for the propagation of the 

 new races of bees, and for general experi- 

 mental wf>rk; 



It is well known that' the Division of Api- 

 culture is in the Bureau of Entomology; and 



ENTRANCE TO THE DIVISION OF APICULTURE AT THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, WASH- 

 INGTON, D. C. 



