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LETTERS OF SUBMITTAL. 



Dr. David F. Houston, President, College Station, Texas. 



DEAR SIR : Herewith I beg to submit a report upon the work accom- 

 plished with the Apiary at the College the past six months, since the 

 establishment of the same this season. The year thus far has been a most 

 unfavorable one for surplus honey production and the colonies have been 

 brought in and established and bred up to a strong working force under 

 the greatest difficulties. 



Mr. Wilmon Newell was selected as Assistant Entomologist in Febru- 

 ary and was given the immediate charge of the Apiary and its care and 

 development preparatory to experimental work. Much preliminary work 

 has been done under my direction and the basis for much valuable work 

 in the future prepared. Some important suggestions have already devel- 

 oped from the work upon honey plants and the studies made concerning 

 them the past season. Then, too, it has been found that there is a press- 

 ing demand for some kind of ready reference and guide for the farmers, 

 truck growers, and fruit growers, who have a few colonies, but who are 

 not familiar with up-to-date methods. For all of these reasons I have 

 asked Mr. Newell to prepare a complete report covering many of the 

 serious difficulties encountered. This will be of great value to the rural 

 bee keepers of the State. His report has been prepared with great care, 

 and I take pleasure in submitting the same herewith and recommending 

 it for publication as a portion of my annual report. 



Respectfully submitted, 



FRED. W. MALLY, 

 Professor of Entomology, 

 Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



Submitted August 30, 1902. 



Prof. Fred. W. Molly, Entomologist, College Station, Texas. 



DEAR SIR: In compliance with your instructions, I beg to submit 

 herewith a report upon the Experimental Apiary, located at the Agricul- 

 tural and Mechanical College, which was created by act of the Twenty- 

 seventh Legislature. 



The first part of this report deals particularly with the Experimental 

 Apiary, the expenditures made in establishing same, and the work accom- 



