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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



black cotton or silk tulle face, will 

 make a good veil. I like to have 

 arm holes cut in within an inch 

 or two of the lower end, then have 

 elastic in arm holes, top and bot- 

 tom. This keeps everything bee 

 tight. Plill the veil on the arms as 

 near the shoulders as pos- 

 sible, then it will not drag when 

 the arms are being used. A veil of 



The AVatts Bee Escape 



found sacbrood, American and 

 European foulbrood in one colony. 

 Though I have frequently seen sac- 

 brood and American foulbrood to- 

 gether,, this is the first occasion in 

 which I have noticed the three. It 

 seems very unusual to find American 

 foulbrood and European foulbrood 

 in one apiary. In this case, the sym- 

 ptoms of each disease were plainly 

 seen and pointed out to the bee- 

 keeper. 



Many bee-keepers confuse sac- 

 brocd and American foulbrood, es- 

 pecially when sacbrood is found in 

 11 perforated capped cells. Sacbrood 

 never possesses that glossy coffee 

 color typical of American foulbrood, 

 and is never stringy, neither has it 

 the gluey odor of American foul- 

 brood. 



— Basswoods Heavily Buddetl 



this description is giving me excel- If basswoods are budded as heav- 



lent service, using it every day, ily in other parts of the state and 



and with the exception of a few other states as they are in the 



punctures in the silk face, caused by places I have lately visited, with 



wire screen veils, a bee cannot proper weather conditions, tiiere 



enter. should be a fine flow from this 



rru „ T? T r\- ^ • 4-\ -tr- source. I hope that when these 



Three Brood Diseases m One Hive ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^JJ^ promise will have 



On a recent inspection trip I matured and a heavy crop secured. 



Field Notes From Iowa 



By J. AV. STINE, Salem, Deputy Inspector for Iowa 



The month of May did not prove 

 as good for bees as it started out 

 to be, for the weather was too cold 

 and dry for bees to do well; how- 

 ever after the first of June the 

 weather has been better although 

 it has been rather dry until the re- 

 cent rains which came the 13 th and 

 14th. White clover is looking better 

 now and the bee-keepers are more 

 hopeful. 



Our experiences in Iowa Co. have 

 been rather trying in some ways 

 for both the American and Europ- 

 ean foul-brood have made great 

 headway in some parts of the coun- 

 ty, and the numerous requests com- 

 ing from over the county make it 

 hard to know where -to go next. 

 Several urgent calls from other 

 counties and all asking for immed- 

 iate attention will call for a lot 

 of patience and the old saying will 



be true under the cirumstances, 

 "First come, first served." 



We have found some very strange 

 cases in Iowa Co. Some colonies 

 having the American foulbrood on 

 one side of the hive and European 

 on the other, and in some cases 

 on opposite sides of the comb. We 

 have found the same true also 

 of sacbrood. Sacbrood is also quite 

 prevalent in this county. 



European foulbrood has been 

 showing up in several new localities. 

 We have found it to be about as 

 bad in weakening the colonies as 

 American foulbrood. Every bee- 

 keeper should get a copy of the new 

 bulletin from Ames on how to dis- 

 tinguish the three brood diseases, 

 written by Mr. Pellett. 



You are invited to become a Na- 

 tional member. 



