PREFACE. 



To THB 8UB3CRIBBRS OF THE "BeRKKISFRRS' DIRECTORY :'' 



When we undertook this work it was oar intention to have, it in 

 the hands of each subscriber as early as the middle of January. 

 Several things have caused an unexpected deldy. 



It was also our intention to give some valuable statistics regard- 

 ing bee culture. This we are not able to do on account of the in- 

 completeness of the blanks returned. Many of those who returned 

 them did not reply to any of the questions. Of the 10,000 blanks 

 sent out^ less than 3,000 were returned. 



The averagei number of colonies kept by those Who did return the 

 blanks are twehtjr. Nnmber of pounds of honey per colony was 

 not far from twenty'^flve pounds per season. 



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