Miscellaneous Information 
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Some of the journals devoted to beekeeping have contained 
articles of lasting practical value but unfortunately these 
journals are too often read and at once cast aside, not being 
properly filed and indexed for future references. The Bureau 
of Entomology has a working bibliography, arranged by 
authors and subjects, which is far from complete but which, 
nevertheless, is helpful and is probably the most extensive 
so far attempted for beekeeping literature. It contains 
about 20,000 titles. 
At present there are four journals devoted to the interests 
of the beekeeper published in the United States and one 
in Canada. A larger number appear regularly in various 
European countries to which unfortunately few American 
beekeepers have access. There should be regular summaries 
and abstracts of the best articles in these journals prepared 
for American beekeepers either in a bee journal or separately. 
Several valuable bulletins have been issued by state insti¬ 
tutions. 
Organizations of beekeepers. 
There are in the United States probably 100 societies of 
beekeepers, organized to protect the interests of those now 
engaged in the work, to educate their members in the prac¬ 
tical and scientific phases of beekeeping and to promote 
the industry. Most of these associations are active and help¬ 
ful and they are nearly all growing and being improved. 
Every beekeeper should be a member of one or more of these 
organizations, to help and be helped. The National Bee 
Keepers’ Association is an association of affiliated societies, 
the business being conducted through annual meetings of 
delegates. 
Laws. 
It is not proposed in this place to discuss the legal status of 
bees or to delineate the legal rights of their owners. Some 
of the associations of beekeepers offer protection to their 
members in case of legal complications. 
