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whicli affects the spruce trees and only recently has been introduced into 

 the United States."^ 



The species is not likely to become a serious pest to the spruces, Mr. 

 Sanders wrote, because of its numerous parasites. Consequently, bee-keepers 

 will probably not be greatly annoyed with the honey-dew it produces as com- 

 pared with the large amounts from aphids. 



During the past summer (1909) the amount of aphid honey-dew stored by 

 bees has been almost unprecedented in all localities east of the Mississippi, 

 and especially northward. Reports in the apicultural periodicals show 

 excessive production in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, southern Michigan, Pennsyl- 

 vania, New Jersey, Maryland and to some extent in New York and New Eng- 

 land. In an editorial in Gleanings in Bee Culture^ Mr. E. R. Root states: 

 "The abundance of honey-dew [and the resulting admixture with pure honey] 

 will make the year 1909 the shortest on a strictly clear white honey, east of 

 the Mississippi and south of the Great Lakes, that we have ever known." 

 He further adds: "Reports continue to pour in, showing that this is prob- 

 ably the greatest year for honey-dew ever known in this counti*y-" 



*To his knowledge, it has been taken at three points in Massachusetts, 

 s Vol. 37, Oct. 1, 1909, p. 388. . 



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