. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 12, 1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 323 Bee Diseases to the Treatment," 1908; " The Cause of European Foul Brood," 1912 (this treats of Bacillus j^luton); " Sacbrood, a Disease of Bees," 1913; " Destruction of Germs of Infectious Bee Diseases by Heating," 1914; " Also His- torical Notes on the Causes of Bee Dis- eases," by E. F. Phillips and G. F, White, 1912. You are correct in your surmise that Cheshire worked with liaciUus alvei. The most important recent English work is the " Repor


. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Oct. 12, 1916.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 323 Bee Diseases to the Treatment," 1908; " The Cause of European Foul Brood," 1912 (this treats of Bacillus j^luton); " Sacbrood, a Disease of Bees," 1913; " Destruction of Germs of Infectious Bee Diseases by Heating," 1914; " Also His- torical Notes on the Causes of Bee Dis- eases," by E. F. Phillips and G. F, White, 1912. You are correct in your surmise that Cheshire worked with liaciUus alvei. The most important recent English work is the " Report on the Isle of Wight Bee Disease (Microsporidiosis)," with the further report published in May and July, 1913. The two are published by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, London, and can be had for Is. 4d, for the two. Rainfall,. in. Above average, .25 in. Heaviest fall, .89 on 25th. Rain fell on 12 days. Sunshine, hours. Below average hours. Brightest daj-, and 14th, hours. Sunless days, 3. Maximum tempera ture, 70 on 28th. WEATHER REPORT. Westbocene, September, 1916. ]\Iinimum tempera- ture, 36 on 15th. Minimum on grass, 28 on 15th. Frosty nights, 0. Mean maximum jMean minimum, Mean temperature, Above average, .5. Maximum baro- meter, on 7th. Minimum baro- meter, on 19th. L. B. BlRKETT. 29 9th 10. G. Handley (Bhmingham).âPrevention of Disease. âIt is advisable to always keep some disin- fectant in the hive. When packing down for winter put some Naphthaline and Apicure on the floorboards. Hives (Sheffield).âOutlay Necessary to Commence Hee-kerping.~(l) In our reply to Sgt. Coulson last ueek the word " each " should have been inserted after " ; You can procure a begin- ner's outfit, consisting of a cottage hive, with ten frames, wired, and fitted with full sheets of foundation, one section rack, and twenty-one sections fitted with full sheets of foundation, smoker, veil, fee<ier, queen excluder


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