02 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOBD. 



barrels, cans, and small jxiols in oiit-of-thi'-way places. C B. I'cnnett presents 

 l)i()l()i;i('Hl and ('cononiii- notes on C s()llicll((ys, ('. pipienx, and Anopheles. 



The iiy and mosquito as carriers of disease, H. I). <TEi)DiN(is {Ohio Sanitary 

 Bui., 7 {J90,'J), No. J-S, pp. 31-39). — A popular discn.ssion of the aj,'t>ncv of flies and 

 nios(initoes in carrying malaria, yellow fever, typhoid fever, and lilariasis, together 

 with notea on the means of eradicating the fly and mosiiuito miisance. 



Report of lecturer on apiculture, H. R. Rowsomk {Ontario Af/r. Col. and Expt. 

 Farm Rpl. 190J, pp. 147, ]4<'^). — As a result of a number of experiments in stimulative 

 feeding of bees it was found that the temperature of the hive could not be reduced 

 without injury. Feeding with sirup containing a large projjortion of water i)roved 

 to be injurious, especially to old bees. Feeding with honey or ])roperly prepared 

 sirup indicated an advantage for this system of stimulative feeding. Notes are also 

 given on the protecttion of bees in winter in chaff hives, storing honey in paper sacks 

 and using unfinished sections. 



Apiculture {.Tour. .Tamaica Agr. Soc, 7 {1903), No. 4, PP- 145-148). — Statistics are 

 presented concerning the importation of honey into Great Britain, and the produc- 

 tion of honey in California, Italy, and France. Brief notes are also given on the 

 quality of honey produced in Jamaica. 



Modern bee keeping, W. F. Reio {Jour. Soc. Arts, 51 (1903), No. 2631, pp. 522- 

 529, Jigs. 9). — The author presents an historical account of the development of 

 knowledge concerning the habits and life history of bees and of the production of 

 various devices for the more convenient management of bees and for increasing the 

 production of honey. 



Bee matters, A. Gale {Agr. Gaz. New South Wales, 14 {1903), No. 3, pp. 247-251, 

 figs. 2) . — The author briefly discusses the care of young swarms and the regulation 

 of the time of swarming, together with an account of wire section-cradles and the use 

 of these devices in ordinary hives. 



An outline of the conditions and means of increasing the production of 

 honey, A. Kirillov {SelsL Khoz. i Lijesov., 20S {1903), Feb., pp. 3S9-422; Mar., 

 pp. no.]-637, figs. 6). — This article contains a general account of the various practices 

 which have been found beneficial in increasing the yield of honey. The author 

 devotes particular attention to a discussion of the location of the apiary, the con- 

 struction -jf hives, efficiency of various breeds of l)ees, artificial feeding of bees, and 

 care of swarms. 



Bees as related to fruit growing, T. W. Ditto {Agr. Student, 9 {1903), No. 8, 

 pp. 165, 166) . — A popular account of the agency of bees in the fertilization of fruits. 



The causes of the sexual differentiation in colonies of bees, F. Dickel 

 {Arch. Phgsiol. [Pfiilger], 95 {1903), No. 1-2, ]ip. 66-106, fig. i).— This article is of a 

 controversial nature and in it the author seeks to show that the queen bee does not 

 have the power of predetermining the sex of the bees which hatch from different 

 eggs. It is maintained as a result of an extensive series of experiments carried on 

 by the author that the queen l)ee lays but one kind of egg, and that all eggs are fer- 

 tilized. The production of workers, queen bees, and drones from these eggs is brought 

 about by different care and food which is provided by the worker bees. According 

 to the author's experiments the worker bee appears to be the only possible source 

 of the peculiar nutritive or stimulating food which is required to produce a queen 

 bee from an egg which, if treated in the ordinary manner, would have given rise to a 

 worker bee. 



Anew beehive with trapezoidal frames, J. Farcy {.Jour. Agr. Prat., n.ser., 

 5 {1903), No. 9, }ip. 287-290, figs. 3). — The author describes the details of structure 

 of a hive used by P. Chiris, and containing trapezoidal frames. The external wall 

 may be double, and the chief advantages of this form of frame are the ease with which 

 swarms maybe protected against (!old and the great con \enieiice in removing frames 

 for inspection. 



