thin, so the bees could fill themselves very quickly. They could 

 work most of the day which they can not do in this climate when 

 it is so extremely dry, as the honey in the flowers seems to get thick 

 during the middle of the day." 



From 1881 to J 884 Mr. Peabody was in the supply business, as 

 well as keeping bees and dealing in honey and queens. He handled 

 Root's goods for the most part, but manufactured all the hives 

 he sold. 



JAMES U. HARRIS, 



Grand Junction. 



President State Bee-Keepers' 



Association. 



M. A. GILL. 



Longmont. 



Vice-President State Bee-Keepers' 



Association. 



Bec$ in Beuiacr County. 



■ W« R. J. B. ADAMS, of Longmont, is the authority for the 



■ i 'i ■ following facts about the bee industry in Boulder County; 

 I^Al "The pioneer bee-keeper of Boulder County was 



David J. Lykins. Mr. Lykins, who came to Colorado 



in 1859, began his work with bees some time in the sixties, after 

 receiving from an uncle in Missouri two colonies in rough box hives. 

 Like other pioneers he had many interesting and exciting experiences 



