Gleanings in bee culture . hortly following the Jenkiutowu field-day meeting, near Philadelphia, June 2()th,I took a short run down to Washington forthe express purpose of seeing with my owneyes what Uncle Sam was doing for bee eul-cure. I have already told about the interesthe has taken in disseminating informa-tion on the subject of bee diseases; of howhe has sent representatives to our various bee conventions, thus bringing the generalgovernment in close touch with the bee-keepers themselves. That this has met withtheir general approbation everywhere iswell known. The time was whenour Uncle
Gleanings in bee culture . hortly following the Jenkiutowu field-day meeting, near Philadelphia, June 2()th,I took a short run down to Washington forthe express purpose of seeing with my owneyes what Uncle Sam was doing for bee eul-cure. I have already told about the interesthe has taken in disseminating informa-tion on the subject of bee diseases; of howhe has sent representatives to our various bee conventions, thus bringing the generalgovernment in close touch with the bee-keepers themselves. That this has met withtheir general approbation everywhere iswell known. The time was whenour Uncledid not recognize bee culture in any waywhatsoever; but now there is quite an ap-propriation, through the Bureau of Ento-mology, to defray the expense of severalsalaried employees, and at the same timemaintain one or more government experi-mental apiaries for the propagation of thenew races of bees, and for general experi-mental wf>rk; It is well known that the Division of Api-culture is in the Bureau of Entomology; and. ENTRANCE TO THE DIVISION OF APICULTURE AT THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY, WASH-INGTON, D. C. 173 ^GS IN BEE CULTURE. Feb. 1 therefore it is directly under the charge ofDr. L. O. Howard, a gentleman who has tak-en great interest in the general subject ofapiculture. But let us now go over to the Departmentand see what is being done. On arriving atB St. S. W., we pass along till we come to004. Here we stop at the Annex of the Bu-reau of Entomology, and note right over thedoor in large letteis of gold the word Jpi-culture. The casual passer-by might payno attention to the word more than to readit; but a bee-editor realizes the great amountof effort and patience that must have beenexpended to cause the word to have enough fact that the employees in this Division havea great amount of work on hand. Dr. Phil-lips, at least, seemed to have laid out enoughwork for himself to keep four men thing was being worked out to a sys-tem. Among other things he show
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