SOME BEE STATISTICS. 



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It is regretted that the element of care and attention could not be 

 expressed in figures alongside of the reports shown, for the old adage, 

 " Keep your shop and your shop will keep you," is as true in apiculture 

 as in any other line of business. 



I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Frank Rauchfuss, secretary of 

 the Colorado State Bee-keepers' Association, at the Omaha associa- 

 tion, and gained from him the following data, which will be read with 

 interest by Kansas apiarists : 



