STATUS OP APICULTURE IN UNITED STATES. 



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The following figures give additional evidence of the magnitude 

 of the industry: 



Bee keepers' associations (estimated) 100 



Number listed in office of Bureau a 86 



Journals devoted to bee keeping b 3 



Breeders of queens actually recorded (not including duplicates) c 164 



Breeders of Italians 146 



Breeders of Carniolans 37 



Breeders of Caucasians 35 



Breeders of Cyprians 6 



Breeders of ' ' Holylands " 5 



Breeders of Banats 6 



In addition there are several large factories devoted either entirely 

 or in large part to the manufacture of supplies for use in the apiary. 



VALUE OF THE HONEY BEE AS A POLLENIZING AGENT. 



The honey bee is of great value as a pollenizing agent, and in 

 estimating the value of the industry in adding to the resources of 

 the country this phase of the subject must be included. Other 

 insects, of course, aid in this way, but the honey bee occupies a 

 peculiar position in a consideration of this subject. 



Waite d mentions a large number of species of insects which visit 

 pear blossoms, but says: "The common honey bee is the most 

 regular and important abundant visitor, and probably does more 

 good than any other species." Muller, € in his very comprehensive 

 study of the fertilization of flowers, summarizes his results as shown 

 in Table VIII. 



Table VIII. — Fertilization of plants by insects./ 



Coleoptera 



Diptera 



Ilymenoptera. 

 (Apidae) 



Lepidoptera... 

 Other insects.. 



Total 



In Low Germany. 



129 



253 



368 



(205) 



79 



14 



843 



CO 0) 



469 

 1,598 

 2, 750 

 (2,191) 



365 



6,231 



8.96 

 30. 55 

 52.57 

 41.31 



6.98 

 .94 



On the Alps generally 





83 

 348 

 183 

 (120) 

 220 

 7 



841 



!> M 



337 



1,856 

 1,382 

 (1,141) 

 2,122 

 15 



,712 



Ph © 



5.90 

 32.49 

 24.20 

 20. 00 

 37. 15 

 . 26 



Above the limit of trees. 



wi2 



.So 



5 CO 



33 



210 



88 



(49) 



148 



3 



482 



& . 



CO 

 co a> 



134 

 930 

 519 

 (402) 

 1,190 

 6 



2, 779 



4.82 

 33. 46 

 18.68 

 14.46 

 42.83 

 .21 



o Several of the State and county organizations are affiliated with the National Bee Keeper's Asso- 

 ciation. 



^Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, Ohio, founded 1873. Bee-Keeper's Review, Flint, Mich., founded 

 1888. American Bee Journal, Chicago, 111., founded lsci. 



«The total number is probably twice this. 



d Waite, M. B., 1895.— The Pollination of Pear Flowers. Bulletin No. 5, Division of Vegetable 

 Pathology, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



eMuller, II., 1883.— The Fertilization of Flowers. Trans, by Thompson, London 



/ From Miiller, pp. 596-597. 



