THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW 



51 



Field Notes From Iowa. 

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



There should be a large delegation of bee-keepers frnm Jowa at 

 the National Convention at St. Louis. It may be some time before 

 the National will meet as close to Iowa as this. Ahhou,i;h I'ebruary 

 will be a busy month with the writer, being engaged in a re\i\al 

 meeting up to the middle of the month, still 1 feel 1 cannot afford 

 to miss the good time coming" at this convention, and shall try to 

 arrange my work so I can attend. 1 hope to meet at least some of 

 the men there whose subscriptions to the J\i-:\[i:w and Xational mem- 

 bership I received last year. 



The Carniolean queen re- 

 ceived last August from Mr. 

 Stragar, of Austria, did fine 

 work in building" up the col- 

 ony last Fall and had the 

 most brood in the hive the 

 fore part of October of any 

 colony of bees I ever owned. 

 They had a good supply of 

 late Fall hone}" to supply 

 them until fruit-bloom in the 

 spring. The bees are quite 

 gentle and act very much like 

 the Italian bee by not run- 

 ning over the combs or bunch- 

 ing up like the conimon black 

 bee does. I expect to try this 

 colony out next year for its 

 building" up qualities, entering 

 super qualities and non- 

 swarming qualities. I shall 

 try to keep the swarming 

 fe'ver down and work them ^^- ^^D MRS. J. W. STINE 



for comb honey. ^?*^ ^^^ bee-keepers, and Mr. Stine writes 



that it would not be fair under the circumstances 

 =•- * * to show his picture in the Review without that of 



T • 1 , , . his wife. 



1 Wish to correct the mis- 

 take in the December notes in regard to carelessness in treating 

 diseases. The statement should read that great care be taken to have 

 all tools thoroughly disinfected instead of all tables, as it reads. Also 

 would call attention to the mistake in the name of the treasurer in 

 the list of officers in the January number of the Rl\"ievv. The name 

 should be C. H. True, instead of C. H. Tome, as it now reads. 



