. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 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 Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. 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. To
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