ACKNOWLEDGMENT. 



The Department of Entomology wishes to acknowledge the following 

 favors and assistance given in the establishment of the Experimental 

 Apiary at the College, as well as in the preparation of the appended bul- 

 letin : 



A. I. Root Co., Medina, Ohio, special discounts and prices on apparatus 

 necessary in establishing the Apiary, .as well as the loan of the greater 

 number of cuts used in this publication. 



W. M. Crook, Cresson, Texas, one colony of bees. 



Hyde Bee Co., Floresville, Texas, one tested queen. 



W. 0. Victor, Wharton, Texas, two tested queens. 



J. W. Ross, Velasco; T. J. Adams, Velasco; G. F. Davidson, Flores- 

 ville; W. H. Laws, Beeville; Louis H. Scholl, Hunter; J. K. Hill, 

 Uvalde; and many other prominent bee keepers throughout the State, 

 have rendered valuable assistance in the work of compiling data relative 

 to the bee and honey statistics of the State, as well as in the study of the 

 native honey-producing flora of their localities. 



Throughout this report, quotations have been made from various au- 

 thorities, credit for which is given as these quotations appear in the text. 



