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C. p. DADANT. Editor. 



DR. C. C. MILLER. Associate Editor. 



HAMILTON, ILL., AUGUST, 1914 



Vol. LIV.— No. 8 



.Edition of Iowa BuUetius Ex- 

 hausted 



Mr. Frank C. Pellett, State Inspector 

 of Iowa, states that the demand has 

 been so great for Reports of the Bee 

 Inspector of Iowa, that the supply will 

 be exhausted within a short time. 

 These Reports can no longer be sent 

 out on requests outside of the State 

 owing to the limited quantity. 



Always luterestiug 



The "Guide to Nature" is always in- 

 teresting, but its July number is un- 

 usually tine. Among curious photo- 

 graphs it contains one of a rooster in 

 the act of crowing. The flash was 

 taken at the proper moment. 



Minnesota State Beelteepers 



The "Minnesota Horticulturist " con- 

 tains a report of the joint session of the 

 Minnesota State Horticultural Society 

 with the Garden Flower Society, the 

 Beekeepers' Society and the Florists' 

 Society on June lli, but it has only this 

 to say of the beekeepers : 



" The beekeepers were out in con- 

 siderable force, but they withdrew 

 themselves at a respectable distance 

 where they could talk bees and manip- 

 ulate them without interfering with 

 the comfort ^nd happiness of the other 

 members of the society. Nothing 

 seems to be more absorbing than the 

 study of the bee. as judging from the 

 interest that that society takes in its 

 work." 



Honey Plants ot Iowa 



We have received the following let- 

 ter from Dr. L. H. Pammel, the Botan- 



ist of the Iowa Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. Dr. Pammel is a man of 

 great ability, who is already the author 

 of two large botanical works, " A Man- 

 ual of Poisonous Plants of Eastern 

 North America," and "The Weed 

 Flora of Iowa," which was noticed in 

 our April number, page 11(3. 



We trust the beekeepers of Iowa and 

 surrounding States will heed the re- 

 quest and lend their help to this able 

 worker in producing a useful work for 

 this section. The cooperation of the 

 American Bee Journal is freely ex- 

 tended : 



The Botanical Section of the Iowa 

 Agricultural Experiment Station is 

 making a study of the honey plants of 

 Iowa. This study will take some years 

 to be completed. It is hoped to obtain 

 information on all honey plants, and 

 the insects which visit the flowers for 

 nectar and pollen. We would like, 

 therefore, to get the help of all persons 

 interested in honey-producing plants. 



We would be pleased to have the 

 beekeepers send us not only lists of 

 plants visited by honey bees, but speci- 

 mens of the plants as well ; also notes 

 on the flow of honey in different 

 plants. It is highly desirable to have 

 information on the relation of the 

 honey flow to precipitation, e. g., when 

 does the greatest flow occur; in dry 

 weather, medium dry or moist ? 



Any informal on which you or your 

 readers are able to give us will be ap- 

 preciated. Any communications should 

 be sent direct to me. L. H. Pammel. 



" The Times of Cuba" 



Through the kindness of Mr. D. W. 

 Millar, our correspondent in Cuba, we 

 are in receipt of a copy of the July 

 issue of "The Times of Cuba." He 



states it is the best English publication 

 on the island, and reaches, perhaps, as 

 nearly every English speaking person 

 in Cuba and the Isle of Pines as is 

 possible. 



The July number is indeed very fine, 

 and a credit to its editor. In the mag- 

 azine are included authentic reports 

 from correspondents in different sec- 

 tion of the island. Any on.; interested 

 in Cuba should write to Mr. E. F. 

 O'Brien at Havana, Cuba, for a speci- 

 men copy. 



Destroying Disease Germs by 

 Heating 



The I'nited States Department of 

 Agriculture has issued Bulletin No. 

 92, written by G. F. White, M. D., Ph. 

 D., as mentioned on page 224. The 

 name of the writer at once stamps it as 

 a bulletin of special interest to bee- 

 keepers. A series of experiments has 

 been made by Dr. White, which re- 

 sults in the determination of the low- 

 est point of heat sufficient to destroy 

 the germs of infectious bee-diseases, 

 provided that temperature be steadily 

 maintained for 10 minutes. The differ- 

 ent degrees for the different diseases 

 are : 



For European foulbrood 145.4 



" American foulbrood 208.4 



" Sacbrood 136.4 



" Nosema disease 134.() 



It is a matter of much satisfaction to 

 have definite knowledge upon these 

 points. It may not be easy for every 

 beekeeper to know the exact tempera- 

 ture at which a quantity of honey 

 stands, but it is not difficult to deter- 

 mine when it is boiling, and reference 

 to the figures given shows that boiling 

 fills the bill in each case. There is 

 danger, however, that the serious mis- 

 take be made of raising the outer part 

 of a mass of honeyto the boiling point, 

 while the center of the mass is much 



