. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June, 1916. 201 American ^gc Journal] <v? katchewan and Alaska, and southward to Georgia and Alabama. (Yny/onni virgitiica is one of the most widely scattered of American wild flowers and may be expected in woodlands almost anywhere except the extreme southern States. The bees have sought it very eagerly on the few days when they could By during its early period of bloom. It was just at its best when fruit bloom opened and there was bet- ter pasturage ^to be had. All the bees which the writer observed at work on this plant seemed to be gathering po
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June, 1916. 201 American ^gc Journal] <v? katchewan and Alaska, and southward to Georgia and Alabama. (Yny/onni virgitiica is one of the most widely scattered of American wild flowers and may be expected in woodlands almost anywhere except the extreme southern States. The bees have sought it very eagerly on the few days when they could By during its early period of bloom. It was just at its best when fruit bloom opened and there was bet- ter pasturage ^to be had. All the bees which the writer observed at work on this plant seemed to be gathering pol- len only. VIRGINIA WATERLEAF. The Virginia waterleaf, Hydrophyl- Itim virginicmn, does not bloom until after the fruit blossoms are gone and so has less competition for attention than some other plants that come into bloom during the same period. It blooms abundantly and grows luxuri- antly in moist woods. The bees have been so eager for the blossoms of this plant in the writer's wild garden and in the surrounding woods for several years past, that he has come to regard it as quite a valuable honey-plant, although nowhere so listed as far as can be learned. Figure 81 shows the blossom and leaf of this plant while Fig. 82 shows masses of the plants in bloom. Apiaries in the vicinity of woodlands should find this plant of considerable value, judging from the writer's limited observation. Atlantic, Iowa. Copyright: ioi6. by Frank C. Pellett. European Foulbrood LETTER BV W. S. PANGBURN TO DR. MILLER. DEAR DR. MILLER:—The method you used in treating European •foulbrood in those two colonies in your article on " Foulbrood at Dr. Miller's," in American Bee Journal (raising the brood-nest and putting the. FIG. a,..—BEE GATHERING POLLEN FROM BEAUTIES queen below on clean combs), was a failure with me with but few exceptions. Did you ever try that again ? If so, what success ? I had no confidence in it from the very nature of the treat- ment, and it is the firs
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