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VOL. XXVI. DETROIT, MICHIGAN, MARCH 1, 1913 No. 3 



Hymettus Honey From Greece. 



While at the Cincinnati convention 1 had the privilege of samp- 

 ling some honey from Hymettus, a flower grown in Greece. This 

 sample was owned by Rev. E. R. \\'agner, of Cincinnati, who pre- 

 sided as temporary chairman at the convention. 



Sacbrood— Circular No. 169, Issued Jan. 15, 1913, by L. O. Howard, 

 Bureau cf Entomology, Washington, D. C, Treats on Sac- 

 brood, a New Disease Affecting Bees. 



Space will not permit more tlian a mention of this article, hut 

 a note says that the circular will be followed by a bulletin from the 

 Bureau, in which the disease will be treated more full v. We will 

 notify vou when the bulletin is issued. 



The New York Pure Food Law. 



A subscriber writes me asking if the Xew York pure food law 

 when it goes into effect June 1, ID 1:1, which demands everything to 

 be sold net weight, will affect the sale of comb honev in sections. 



