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If the treatment of foul brood colonies has been deferred until 

 now, it can still be done, provided there are a few combs of clean 

 stores available. After the brood has all emerged, and egg laying has 

 ceased for the winter, shake the bees into a clean hive and give them 

 some combs containing sealed stores. Be careful not to let the rob- 

 bers liave a chance at the diseased combs, which should be melted up 

 or burned. Only one shaking is needed, and if carefully done, this 

 is a sure plan. 



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We are frequently asked the cause of the strong, sour smell about 

 the apiaries in the fall. It is always noticed when the bees are work- 

 ing on aster, and is the odor from the evaporation of the nectar. The 

 ripe honey has no such smell or flavor. The aster, or "tangle-foot," 

 as it is sometimes called, is our latest honey plant, and frequently 

 yields long after frost. The honey is amber, but has a good flavor, 

 and is valuable for late brood rearing as well as for winter stores. 



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INIuch good has been done in the way of inspection work and lec- 

 tures at farmers^ meetings, etc., during the season, by our apiary in- 

 spector, Dr. J. S. Ward. While the bee-keepers have been slow in 

 reporting diseased conditions, still enough has been found to keep the 

 inspector pretty busy, and with an added appropriation of $500.00 

 more for apiary work next year, we are expecting a great advance in 

 the work. The co-operation of the bee-keepers will be needed in 

 order that the work of the inspector may be effective. 



Field Notes From Iowa. 

 J. W. STINE, Deputy Inspector, Salem, Iowa. 

 Calling attention to what Mr. Buchanan, in the October number 

 of the Review says in regard to carelessness in treating diseased col- 

 onies of bees, I think it might be well to add that there is need that 

 great care be taken to have all tables thoroughly disinfected, and the 

 hands washed with a disinfectant before leaving a place or even going 

 from one colony to another in the same apiary. I started in to use 

 carbolic acid this season, and put too much on my hands by accident, 

 and burnt them. Going to a doctor, he gave me some lysol poison 

 which he said was better for my purpose and would not burn one's 



hands. 



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The bee-keepers of Iowa and those living in the same latitude 

 should not put off putting their bees into winter quarters later than 

 the first of November. Especially is this true of those who winter 

 out of doors. We have been feeding five of our weaker colonies 

 through the month of October to stimulate brood-rearing, and these 



