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Bees. Farmers' Bulletin No. 397. 



Comb Honey. Farmers' Bulletin No. 503. 



Treatment of Bee Diseases. Farmers' Bulletin No. 442. 



Rearing Queen Bees. Bureau of Entomology, Bulletin No. 55. 



Report of Meeting of Inspectors of Apiaries. Bureau of Entomology, 

 Bulletin No. 70. 



Occurrence of Bee Disease in U. S. Bureau of Entomology, Circular 

 No. 138. 



Cause of European Foul Brood. Bureau of Entomology, Circular No. 

 157. 



Sacbrood. Bureau of Entomology, Circular No. 169. 



There are four journals relating to bee keeping published regu- 

 larly in this country. The bee keeper who is interested will do 

 well to send for sample copies and decide for himself which is 

 best suited to his needs ; the price of all alike, is one dollar per 

 year. 



American Bee Journal, Hamilton, Illinois. 



Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, Ohio. 



Bee Keepers' Review, Northstar, Michigan. 



Western Honey Bee, Covena, California 



Any bee keeper will find it to his advantage to have two or 

 three good books relating to bee culture in his library. The fol- 

 lowing are all good books and can be had from the publishers of 

 the journals or from any dealer in supplies: 



A. B. C. and X. Y. Z. of Bee Culture by Root. A splendid reference 

 work. 



Langstroth on the Honey Bee, by Dadant. One of the best of bee books. 



Advanced Bee Culture. Hutchinson. Fine for the specialist. 



How to Keep Bees. Comstock. By a well known woman author. 



Fifty Years Among the Bees. Miller. Very interesting. 



First Lessons in Bee Keeping. Newman-Dadant. A good beginner's 

 book. 



A Year's Work in an Out Apiary. Of value to the large producer. 



Townsend Bee Book. Full of practical directions. 



Alexander's Writings. The methods of one of the most successful bee 

 keepers of modern times. 



IOWA BEE KEEPERS' ASSOCIATION. 



The Iowa Bee Keepers' Association is an organization which 

 has for its object the elevation of the business of honey produc- 

 tion to a place of eminence among agricultural activities. It aims 

 to instruct and protect its members in their legal rights ; to assist 

 in marketing the crops, to secure recognition for the industry at 

 state and county fairs equal to that offered to other lines, to co- 

 operate in checking the spread of brood diseases, to spread in- 



