NOTE. 



Department of Agriculture, 



Divisions of Biology, Horticulture, and Publications, 



H.M. Customs Building, 



Wellington, 27th May, 1905. 



The necessity for the appointment of a Bee Expert has been urged 



in my reports from year to year. It was therefore with great 



pleasure I received intimation of the engagement of Mr. Isaac 

 Hopkins as Apiarian. 



The attached articles are the first from his pen as Government 

 Bee Expert. They will prove of great interest and also instructive 

 to beekeepers. 



The illustrations of comb are from original photographs, taken 

 specially for Mr. Hopkins. 



T. W. KIRK. 



