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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

FARMERS' BULLETIN No. 59.

BEE KEEPING.

BY

FRANK BENTON, M. S.,

IN CHARGE OF APICULTURAL INVESTIGATIONS.

[Revised, March 1905.]

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1905.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

U. S. Department of Agriculture,

Bureau of Entomology,     
Washington, D. O., March 1905.

Sir: Frequent inquiries from correspondents of the Department ofAgriculture for information on matters pertaining to the cultureof bees, and particularly as to the conditions under which one mayreasonably expect to meet with success in this pursuit, led to the preparationof this bulletin in July, 1897. Though designed by theauthor primarily to answer a few of the specific questions which aremost likely to present themselves to the mind of the inquirer whollyunfamiliar with the subject, the aim has been also to introduce in thetreatment of the various topics information which it is hoped willlead many of longer experience into more successful methods thanthey have yet practiced. The stereotype plates of the earlier editionshaving become much worn, necessitating the resetting of the typeof the entire bulletin, the opportunity has been afforded of insertingseveral new paragraphs and making a few slight changes in the textas heretofore published.

Respectfully,

L. O. Howard,     
Entomologist,

Hon. James Wilson,
     Secretary of Agriculture,

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