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Texas Department op Agriculture. 



as some people imaaine and their intrinsic value ought to cause it to 

 be done There is nothing nicer than being able to supply the table 

 with delicious, ripe honey right from one's own hives. To provide 

 the familv with this healthful and nutritious food is a duty which 

 every farmer, as the head of his household, should feel himself obli- 

 gated to perform. The honey produced should not, by any means, 

 be the only item of value considered, although it is a good source of 

 revenue ; the great value of bees as fertilizing agents is of still more 

 importance and in many instances should be the deciding reason foi' 

 keeping them on the farm. 



CITY BEEKEEPING. 



Even the resident in town or city is not barred from enjoying the 

 pleasures derived from keeping a few colonies of bees. More than 



A city root apiary. 



that, many extensive beekeepers, the writer among them, enjoy both 

 the conveniences of city life, while the bees, kept in the city, or scat- 

 tered far and wide over the country, afford all the pleasures con- 

 nected with the pursuit. If there is no suitable place in the back 

 yard where they may be kept, there may be an empty lot or an out- 

 of-the-way corner on some neighbor's place nearby, which might be 

 rented or obtained for the purpose by some satisfactory arrangement. 



