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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON APICULTURE. 



It will be noticed that the data on honey and wax crops do not at 

 all agree with the author's estimate given above. In the light of the 

 evidence previously given, it is obvious that the census figures are 

 entirely too small .and are far from doing justice to the industry. 

 The other data are probably much more reliable. It is hardly a fair 

 test to compare 1900 data as to the number of bee keepers with those 

 of 1906, but it should be noted that in the recent work of the Bureau 

 in Massachusetts a there were reported 2,127 bee keepers as compared 

 with 1,799, the number given in the census. 



IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. 



Tables IV to VII show the imports and exports of honey and wax 

 through the ports of entry of the United States. The data for these 

 tables were obtained through the courtesy of the Bureau of Statistics 

 of this Department. 6 



« Gates, Burton N. — Bee Keeping in Massachusetts. Bulletin No. 75, Part VII, 

 Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. (In preparation.) 



& Tariff schedules on honey and wax under the different acts of Congress subsequent 

 to 1841 are as follows: 



Acts of— 



Tariff on honey. 



Tariff on wax. 



August 30, 1842 



Not specifically mentioned . . 



30 per cent ad valorem 



24 per cent ad valorem 



Not specifically mentioned.. 

 15 cents per gallon 



15 per cent ad valorem. 

 20 per cent ad valorem. 

 15 per cent ad valorem. 



July 30, 1846 



March 3, 1857 



March. 2, 18G1 



10 per cent ad valorem. 



July 14, 1862 



20 per cent ad valorem. 

 Not specifically mentioned. 

 20 per cent ad valorem. 

 Free. 



June 30, 1864 



March. 3, 1883 





October 1, 1890 



20 cents per gallon 



10 cents per gallon 



August 27, 1894 





July 24, 1897 





Free. 









