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elusion as mysolf, viz: tliat it Is 

 doubtful if Noscma apis is the causal 

 organism of I. O. W. disease". 



The Bulletins mentioned had al- 

 ready been received by me from Mr. 

 John Anderson, of the North of Scot- 

 land College and were given a men- 

 tion in our January number, page 11. 



Mr. Bocock is also a student of 

 foulbrood in its different forms. He 

 described to mo and illustrated a 

 method of recognizing European foul- 

 brood, which he obtained from our 

 Dr. White, by examining the 

 alimentary tract of the larva. In a 

 healthy larva the duct which runs 

 through the insect is of a dark color. 

 In European foulbrood the alimentary 

 duct is white with the "bacilli 

 pluton" which are thought to cause 

 its death. In sacbrood these would 

 not exist. 



The reader will readily understand 

 with what interest I listened to the 

 explanations of so able a student. 

 Mr. Bocock came to the U. S. May 21 



and was to leave August 26 for his 

 home in England. It was a treat to 

 meet him. 



On the front cover of this 

 number of the Journal, the 

 reader will see a photo of the tall 

 sumacs of New England. These 

 shown were planted in 1912 by Dr. 

 Gates and were therefore only 4 years 

 old. Three kinds are shown, of dif- 

 ferent height and blooming at dif- 

 ferent dates. No wonder sumac is a 

 jiroductive honey plant there. We 

 liave no such results in the Middle 

 West although sumac is plentiful in 

 spots. 



The grounds about the Experiment- 

 al Apiary of Massachusetts have been 

 supplied with all sorts of honey plants 

 and shrubs by Dr. Gates. The bees 

 were working plentifully upon the 

 clethra alnifolia and we were lucky 

 enough to catch a pretty photograph 

 of this. 



Two days later I retraced my steps 

 in the direction of New York City, 



A VIEW AT STAMFORD. CONN. 



stopping on the way at Stamford, Con- 

 necticut, to spend the week-end with 

 our old friend, L. C. Root, whom I 

 have already mentioned in this tour 

 and who had eagerly invited mc to 

 visit him. He was at the station 

 when I arrived there. 



L. C. Root, son-in-law of Moses 

 Quinby, who was a contemporary of 

 Langstroth, is one of the greatest en- 

 thusiasts I have ever had the good 

 luck to meet. During his entire life, 

 whatever he has done has been done 

 with zeal and earnestness. He re- 

 vised the "Mysteries of Beekeeping" 

 of Quinby and the book is called 

 "Quinby's New Beekeeping". For 

 years he was one of the largest bee- 

 keepers of New York State. For the 

 past 25 years, more or less, he has 

 retired from active beekeeping, leav- 

 ing his apiary in charge of his 

 brother and settled in Stamford, liv- 

 ing with his two daughters one of 

 whom is a physician of note. He 

 keeps only a few colonies of bees in 

 the city, in the attic of his barn, where 

 I saw them. But as energetic a man 

 as he could not remain long idle. So 

 he was entrusted with the duties of 

 Milk Inspector for Stamford. He was 

 the first inspector to prepare a bul- 

 letin in which each dairy was 

 separately reported and its sanitary 

 conditions carefully detailed. The 

 result was a host of friends and some 

 enemies, for the unsanitary establish- 

 ments could not be pleased with a 

 truthful record, while the mothers 

 and housekeepers were thankful for 

 the straightforward information which 

 his bulletins gave. 



It happens that Dr. Root. L. C. 

 Root's daughter, is the family physi- 

 cian of the H. L. Cooper people. Mr. 

 Cooper is the world-renowned hy- 

 draulic engineer who built the big 

 dam between Keokuk and Hamilton, 

 across the Mississippi, the largest 



A FIELD OF CLOVER L\ BLOOM AT AMHERST, MASS. 



L. C. Root 

 Reviser of Quinby's " Mysteries of Bee- 

 keeping" 



