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BOOKS AND BULLETINS 



" Report of Iowa State Apiarist for 1917," 'ly 

 l'\ Kric Millen. The report of the State Apiarist of 

 Idwa contains nearly 100 pases of live interest to 

 Itekeepers. In addition to demonstrations and 

 regular inspection work, Mr. Millen has charge 

 of a week's short course in beekeeping at the State 

 < ollege at Ames, and also of a correspondence course 

 in beekeeping. Most of the booklet is taken up 

 witli a report of the Iowa Beekeepers' Assoi'iatfon, 

 which has enrolled about 300 mcMnbers. Fourteen 

 very good papers were given among which are such 

 l)ractical subjects as " What the Beekeeper Throws 

 .\way." " Beekeeping in War Times," " Painted vs. 

 Non-Painted Comb Foundation," and other articles 

 of a more scientific nature, such as " PointvS of In- 

 terest in the Anatomy of . the Honey Bee," and 

 " Tlie Mechanism Which Determines Sex in the 

 Honey Bee." Tlie report is well worth reading. It 

 may be obtained (we believe) by addressing F. Eric 

 Millen, State Apiarist, Ames, la. 



" Every-day Essentials of Beekeeping," Bulletin 

 No. 14, Apiary Inspection Dept. of State Board of 

 Agriculture of Massachusetts, by Burton N. Gates. 

 Within a space of 32 pages Dr. Gates " presents 

 some essentials adapted to the beginner " or ama- 

 teur. This bulletin seeks primarily to promote ef- 

 ficiency among beekeepers, and is one that any ama- 

 teur beekeeper or beginner (especially if living in 

 New England) would do well to ask for. Dr. Gates 

 is also author of the eighth annual report of the. 

 State Inspector of Apiaries of Mas.sachusetts, very 

 recently off the press — and an interesting one. 



■' Control of European Foul Brood," Farmers' 

 Bulletin 975, by Dr. E. P. Phillips. This is a popu- 

 lar treatment of the subject. In it the symptoms 

 are given as quite variable, and the disease is, 

 therefore (aside from a bacteriological examina- 

 tion), very difrtcult of accurate diagnosis. Eleven 

 cliaracteristics are enumerated. These, when pres- 

 ent, are of help in determining the disease. Dr. 

 Phillips calls attention to the fact that European 

 foul brood is a disease of weak colonies. The earli- 

 est brood of the year usually escapes with little loss, 

 yet the disease is especially prevalent in the spring 

 and early summer, usually disappearing at the be- 

 ginning of the honey flow. Altho the method of 

 spreading the disease is not well understood, the 

 disease is sometimes carried thru feeding, and there 

 is also evidence that the disease is carried by the 

 nurse bees. Three remedies for this disease are 

 suggested. (1) dequeening and requeening with 

 good stock as soon as the dead larvfe are removed, 

 or even sooner if the colony is strong; (2) at least 

 half of the, strong colonies shaken onto combs, and 

 tlie brood tiered upon the weaker colonies until they 

 are strong enough for treating; (3) above the lower 

 story is placed the brood-combs, and below is placed 

 the (lueen, one frame of brood, and the remainder 

 of the hive filled with foundation or drawn combs. 

 Of the first two which have been commonly used, 

 the second has the advantage of losing no time in 

 the brood-rearing. The third method is of interest 

 inasmuch as it does not, during the treatment, pro- 

 vide any time in which nurse bees cannot have 

 access to the young diseased larva;. If the disease 

 is carried by nurse bees, as suggested, one might 

 naturally suppose that as soon as young brood ap- 

 jteared in the lower hive the nurse bees would be 

 able to feed them infected juices, and thus continue 

 the disease. 



" The Segmentation of the .\bdonieii of the Hon- 

 eybee." We have received from Dr. Jas. A. Nelson 

 an interesting i)ai)er on the number of segments 

 fi>un(l in the alnlomen of the lioneybee. Dr. Nelson 

 i.s the author of " The Embryologj- of the Honeybee," 

 and contributed to the last edition of the ABC 

 {Continued 07i parje 571.) 



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