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The Bureau of Entomology. 



The author includes at the close of this book, with some 

 hesitancy, a brief statement of the work of the Bureau of 

 Entomology of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture on beekeeping, with which he is associated. This is 

 done for the purpose of informing present and prospective 

 beekeepers of the activities and purposes of this office, with 

 a view to enlisting their interest and support. 



Since the various states are rapidly taking up work in 

 beekeeping and since the state officials are in a position to 

 carry on educational and extension work more advanta- 

 geously, especially with the present small appropriations for 

 Federal work, it seems desirable that the work of the Bureau 

 of Entomology should be confined chiefly to investigation. 

 At the present time these investigations include work on the 

 activities of bees during the winter season and the practical 

 wintering of bees, the development of bees, a study of the 

 sense organs of the adult bee and the function of these organs 

 in bee behavior and the diseases of bees. Some other lines 

 of work of importance have been investigated and still 

 others are waiting inauguration, and when funds are avail- 

 able work will be begun on them. 



The work in bee culture is now carried on in a laboratory 

 (see Frontispiece) located in Drummond, Maryland, a suburb 

 of Washington. This laboratory may easily be reached 

 from the city by trolley. All mail should be addressed to the 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 



In addition to the specific lines of investigation the office 

 desires to assist in the many problems which are constantly 

 arising, and correspondence of beekeepers is invited. 



The results of the work of this office are published, in so 

 far as possible, in the series of publications of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. These pubhcations, so long as they 

 are in print, may be obtained either from the Department or 

 from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 

 Office, Washington, D.C. The following papers, originating 

 in the Bureau of Entomology, have been issued since 1905 : 



