18 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER January. 



Mr. John M. Rankin, Michigan's up his supply or nuic-oooks and is now 

 State Apiary Inspector, has completed back in the office, putting the material 

 a laborous and successful season's work, in shape for publication. 



a condensed report of which is given in — ■ 



Bulletin No. 73. by the Dairy and Food 

 department of that state, in September 

 last. Mr. Rankin visited 206 apiaries, 

 comprising a total of 3,286 colonies, of 

 which 402 were diseased, and these were 

 scattered throughout 119 apiaries. 

 Michigan bee-keepers are to be con- 

 gratulated upon the appointment of so 

 enthusiastic and competent an inspec- 

 tor. Mr. Rankin is a young man of 

 whom the bee-keeping fraternity is 

 proud, and foul brood within Michi- 

 gan's borders will have a hard time of 

 it. 



The December number of the J. W. Pepper 

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 number for the December issue a beautiful 

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"A little bird" from Texas has inti- 

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 this month. We are not "in" on infor- 

 mation as to particulars; but the "lit- 

 tle bird" nested in Hutto last summer. 

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 books and journals, we shall await its 

 advent with pleasant interest. 



The bean fields of Southern Califor- 

 nia, it is said, afford an important part 

 of the nectar supply for which that state 

 is famous. 



Professor Cook, in the Pacific Bee 

 Journal, says there is but one serious 

 impediment to the success of California 

 bee-keepers — the great distance from 

 the markets — and this, he has faith to 

 believe, will be removed through the 

 influence of President Roosevelt, by 

 the opening of the Nicaragua canal. 



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