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GLEA.NI^GS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 1 



therefore it is directly under the charge of 

 Dr. L. O. Howard, a gentleman who has tak- 

 en great interest in the general subject of 

 apiculture. 



But let us now go over to the Department 

 and see what is being done. On arriving at 

 B St. S. W., we pass along till we come to 

 004. Here we stop at the Annex of the Bu- 

 reau of Entomology, and note right over the 

 door in large lettei's of gold the word "Jpi- 

 culture." The casual passer-by might pay 

 no attention to the word more than to read 

 it; but a bee-editor realizes the great amount 

 of effort and patience that must have been 

 expended to cause the word to have enough 



fact that the employees in this Division have 

 a great amount of work on hand. Dr. Phil- 

 lips, at least, seemed to have laid out enough 

 work for himself to keep four men busy. 

 Every thing was being worked out to a sys- 

 tem. Among other things he showed me how 

 he was keeping in touch with certain sec- 

 tions of the country by means of a card in- 

 dex: of how bee-keepers from all over the 

 land were seeking information. 



At the time of my visit, he and Dr. White, 

 the Bacteriologist, had been making some 

 investigations on the general subject of bee 

 diseases. The results of these have all since 

 been published — see Dec. 15th issue. 



A FRAME OF CAUCASIAN 



BEES AT THE GOVERNMENT APIARY JUST AFTER THEIR HIVE 

 HAD BEEN BUMPED AND KICKED. 



importance attached to it so that it could 

 thus be given a place of honor under the 

 keystone of a government building. My 

 camera caught a view of the entrance, which 

 view is shown herewith. 



We ascend two flights of steps or stairs, 

 and are finally ushered into the oflices of 

 the Division of Apiculture. Here we met Dr. 

 E. F. Phillips, who was temporarily in charge 

 while Mr. Benton was at the time on his 

 eastern trip thi'ough the Orient. 



One can not fail to be impressed by the 



Notwithstanding Dr. Phillips was very 

 busy at the time, he gave me every facility 

 for learning about the work that was then 

 going on. We went over to the government 

 queen-rearing yard, and there had the plea- 

 sure of meeting Mr. Leslie Martin, the apia- 

 rist in charge. Here we found several races 

 of bees where the visitor could see them 

 tested to his own satisfaction. Dr. Phillips 

 and his assistant had made a careful study 

 of the general subject of queen-rearing, and 

 it was easy to see that the most up-to-date 



