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it is already in parts of Colorado and other Western States, is 

 dependent upon the bee and the bee keeper. In considering the value of 

 the bee keeping industry to the commercial interests of the State, these 

 points should not be overlooked. 



In short, this industry in Texas is comparatively in its infancy, and 

 the amount of popular educating which should be done, and investiga- 

 tions which should be made, are practically unlimited. It is also assured 

 that careful investigation along bee keeping lines will yield as great 

 returns as any other line of experimental work in agriculture. 



In the previous pages, mention has been made of the large number of 

 people in the State who are at present not familiar with modern bee keep- 

 ing methods. It is for the purpose of making a few practical sugges- 

 tions to such, that the author begs to append hereto a brief treatise on 

 bee keeping. No attempt has been made to make this a text-book, or 

 even a bulletin or manual for the experienced bee keeper or specialist. 

 It is rather for the small bee keeper or the farmer with a few colonies 

 in box hives perhaps who is anxious for information regarding his lit- 

 tle workers, that these paragraphs are appended. 



