Regional Differences within the United States 221 
into account. Similar maps and descriptions of out-apiaries 
appeared in the same journal at about the same time, one 
of the apiaries of E. France, Platteville, Wisconsin, and 
another from A. E. Manum, Bristol, Vermont. The effect 
of contour of the land is especially well illustrated in the 
Manum map. It would probably profit any extensive bee¬ 
keeper who has several out-apiaries to make a similar map 
of his region, especially if he includes the honey sources. 
