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thus removed the disease is too often carried to the apiary cf 

 the most careful bee keepers who are compelled to fight the 

 disease, perhaps for years, at great loss. Seldom a man passes 

 through an epidemic of foul brood and remains in the business 

 but he becomes a thorough-going bee keeper. In spite of tlie 

 unfavorable conditions of the season there is much interest mani- 

 fested in the business of honey production and many beginners 

 are taking it up. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



So many inquiries reached this office early in the season, as to 

 where books and papers on bee keeping can be secured that we 

 were compelled to issue a bulletin containing' this information 

 in order to reduce the necessary correspondence and at the same 

 time give the desired information in sufficiently comprehensive 

 form. This bulletin seems to fill a decided need and the small 

 edition printed is nearly exhausted. (Bulletin No. 2, "Bee 

 Keeper's Library.") 



At the request of Prof. Kennedy, then head of "the extension 

 department of the Iowa Agricultural College, the writer pre- 

 pared manuscript for a bulletin on wintering bees which was 

 issued by the extension department of the college and is being 

 distributed from Ames. 



The demand for information concerning brood diseases has 

 been so great that the supply of the second annual report was 

 reduced to a few hundred copies by the middle of the summer. 

 In order to retain a supply of this report for future use a brief 

 bulletin on "Brood Diseases of Bees" was issued from this office 

 in July. This bulletin is placed in the hands of each bee keeper 

 visited by the inspector and it is also mailed on request from the 

 office. (Bulletin No. 3, "Brood Diseases of Bees.") 



NEED OF EDUCATION. 



It is becoming more and more apparent that the problem of 

 bee diseases is largely one of educating the mass of bee keepers 

 to an understanding of the nature and treatment of the two 

 forms of foul brood. Professional bee keepers readily recognize 

 that something is wrong as soon as disease appears among their 

 colonies. Such need only to have a sample examined to inform 

 them -which kind of disease is present and they are then able to 

 give the matter prompt and efficient attention. It has frequently 



