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colonies are now quite strong in bees and in fine shape to winter. 

 We winter outside in winter cases. 



We have had quite an experience with bees swarming where we 

 have treated diseased colonies. The disease is in nearly every case 

 American Foul Brood. I do not know just how to account for this 

 unless it be because of the fine weather and exceedingly iine honey 

 flow we had during May and June. It was during these months, 

 while on an inspection tour in Van Buren and Jefferson counties, that 

 I found diseased colonies that had swarmed. I would be glad to hear 

 from, others on this question. 



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Any of the bee-keepers who have not secured a copy of Extension 

 Bulletin No. 11, on "Bee-Keeping in Iowa," by Frank C. Pellett, State 

 Inspector of Apiaries, may secure the same free of cost, by writing 

 the Agricultural Extension Department of the Iowa State College. 

 Ames, Iowa. This is the finest bulletin on bees I have ever read, and 

 should be in the hands of ev^pry bee-keeper. It contains the Iowa laws 

 regulating foul brood. 



Experiment Station, Michigan Agricultural College. 



East Lansing, October 22, 1913. 



(Tontinuing a practice instituted two years ago, it is planned this 

 year to hold a number of week short courses in various places over 

 the state, either in high schools, granges or gatherings of farmers of 

 various sorts, and for the first time the subject of bee-keeping has 

 been included in the list of subjects offered. It may interest you and 

 other bee-keepers of the state to know about this,, and also to know 

 just how to go about it to get such a school instituted in a place. I 

 therefore enclose the following circular of information which indicates 

 the general plan on which it is purposed to run the schools. 



It is quite possible, if enough bee people in a district could be 

 interested, a shorter school could be arranged of two or three days' 

 duration, solely for the bee folks. If any one is desirous of making 

 use of this plan either in the form indicated in the circular or as sug- 

 gested, in a two or three-day meeting for bees alone, it Avill be well 

 to write to Mr. Robert Baldwin, superintendent of extension. Agri- 

 cultural College, East Lansing, Mich. 



Yours sincerely, 



R. H. Pettit, 

 Professor of ICntomology. 



P. S. — Besides this, Mr. Millen has been placed on the list, avail- 

 able for institute work, and it is up to the bee-keepers to call for him 

 when making out program for institutes if they want him. Let them 

 see the officers of their county institute and ask for apiculture. 



