Miscellaneous Information 
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The Bureau of Entomology. 
The author includes at the close of this book, with some 
hesitancy, a brief statement of the work of the Bureau of 
Entomology of the United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture on beekeeping, with which he is associated. This is 
done for the purpose of informing present and prospective 
beekeepers of the activities and purposes of this office, with 
a view to enlisting their interest and support. 
Since the various states are rapidly taking up work in 
beekeeping and since the state officials are in a position to 
carry on educational and extension work more advanta¬ 
geously, especially with the present small appropriations for 
Federal work, it seems desirable that the work of the Bureau 
of Entomology should be confined chiefly to investigation. 
At the present time these investigations include work on the 
activities of bees during the winter season and the practical 
wintering of bees, the development of bees, a study of the 
sense organs of the adult bee and the function of these organs 
in bee behavior and the diseases of bees. Some other lines 
of work of importance have been investigated and still 
others are waiting inauguration, and when funds are avail¬ 
able work will be begun on them. 
The work in bee culture is now carried on in a laboratory 
(see Frontispiece) located in Drummond, Maryland, a suburb 
of Washington. This laboratory may easily be reached 
from the city by trolley. All mail should be addressed to the 
Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 
In addition to the specific lines of investigation the office 
desires to assist in the many problems which are constantly 
arising, and correspondence of beekeepers is invited. 
The results of the work of this office are published, in so 
far as possible, in the series of publications of the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture. These publications, so long as they 
are in print, may be obtained either from the Department or 
from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 
Office, Washington, D.C. The following papers, originating 
in the Bureau of Entomology, have been issued since 1905: 
