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tion. There is sufficient moisture arising from the respiration of the bees to ;ii<l them 

 in liquefying the candied honey supplied them. 



The prevention of swarming, W. P. Favi.ok (Amer. Bee Jour., 3"/ {1897), No. 24, 

 jip. 370, 371). — It is claimed that simply raising the hive about a half inch so as to 

 allow the eold air t<» enter the brood chamber more freely is a sure cure. It is 

 explained that it is the author's belief that the cause of swarming is the overcrowd- 

 ing of some apartment of the queen's chamber. 



The bees of Europe (Apidae europaeae) according to their genera, species, 

 and varieties, etc.: III. Genus Podalirius {Berlin: B. Friedlander <$• Sohn, 1897, 

 pp. 316, figs. 61; abs. in Zool. Cental., 4 {1807), Xo. 15, pp. 531, 



The bees of Borneo and the East, G. D. Haviland {A.mer. Bee ■/our., 37 {1897), 

 Xo.S.', pp. 501,502). — Notes on Apis florea, A. dorsala, A. indica, and A. flava. 



Bees hanging out — new drawn foundation, E. R. Root {Amer. Bee Jour., 37 

 (1S97), Xo. 31, pp. -184, 485). 



Factors influencing the cause of swarming, L. A. Aspiwvali. Amer. Bee Jour., 

 37 {1807), No.33, p. 517). 



What shall we plant for honey? L. R. LlGHTON {Amer. Bee .four., 37 (1897). Xo. 

 :.'. pp. 341,342). — The following are recommended: Apple, apricot, almond, banana, 

 blackberry, cherry, cranberry, currant, gooseberry, grape, Juneberry or service 

 berry, nectarine, medlar, orange, peach, pear. plum, persimmon, quince, raspberry, 

 and strawberry. 



Sweet clover for honey and forage, J. S. Sleeth {Amer. Bee -lour., 37 {1897), 

 No. 20, p. 451). — Over 1,500 lbs. of honey from 22 colonies. 



Has temperature an influence on foul brood? E. Bertram) {Rev. Internat. Api- 

 culture, 19 {189? i. No. ?. pp. 125-127). — The author takes exceptions to the statements 

 made by E. Regnier, of Boufarik, that hives transported from France to Algiers are 

 never seized with foul brood, while those transported in the opposite direction are 

 attacked. Bertram! states that decaying brood does not give rise to the disease and 

 in support of his assertion quotes Dadant as saying that he has imt met with the 

 disease in Illinois where, following Regnier's argument, one might expect it. Fur- 

 ther, a case is cited where foul brood was introduced from Austria into Palestine — 

 a country equally as warm and dry as Algiers. 



Description of the bot fly of the cotton-tail rabbit in New Mexico, C. EL T. 

 Townsend (Psyche, 8 {1807), No. 240, pp. 8, 9). — Cuterebra lepuaeuli n. sp. 



Some common injurious plant lice with suggestions for their destruction, W. 

 <;. Johnson {Maryland Sta. Bui. 48, pp. 80-101, figs. 8). — The subject is introduced by 

 stating that very considerable losses have occurred in various parts of the State 

 from the ravages of the melon plant louse during the past season. One person stated 

 that he had lost over $1,000 worth of cantaloupes during the past summer, and esti- 

 mates made by the author that a district comprised within a radius of 2i miles from 

 Edwin suffered a loss of from $5,000 to $6,000. In another district the loss is com- 

 puted at $10,000 and for the whole county of Somerset at $25,000 and for the whole 

 State at over $100,000. A general statement of the characters of plant lice in general 

 is given and then the melon plant loirse (Aphis gossypii), the cabbage louse {Aphis 

 brassiva), the black peach louse (Aphis persieti-uiyer) , and the cherry louse (Myzus 

 eerasi) are discussed more or less in detail and the proper preventive and remedial 

 measures noted, as also natural enemies. Relative to the melon plant louse, which 

 is discussed in greatest detail, the importance of beginning early is insisted upon and 

 of keeping ffelds, fence corners, and roadways perfectly clean as well as of coopera- 

 tion among neighbors in the work of destroying the pest. The work should be begun 

 in autumn by raking up and burning all the old vines as soon as the melons have 

 been gathered. This should be followed by burning the weeds in fence corners and 

 along the roadsides, and by plowing weedy ffelds. 



In the spring the young plauts should be sprayed with kerosene emulsion as soon 

 as the insects appear. The apparatus for this work is noted. 



