INTRODUCTORY. 



As in many other things, Texas, the great Lone Star State, ranks 

 first in the beekeeping industry. So large in size that the area of 

 fourteen Northeastern States, if superimposed upon it, would not 

 cover its surface without leaving a good portion exposed to view and 



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extending over a distance of more than seven hundred miles from 

 North to South and another hundred miles more than this in breadth, 

 it can well pride itself on advantages no other State in the Union 

 possesses. 



In this wide extended and magnificent area the beekeeping indus- 

 try has been characterized by great expansion and marked improve- 

 ment in the last quarter of a century and, as a consequence, the 

 demand for reliable information pertaining to the pursuit has in- 

 creased to a remarkable extent. This information is desired not 



