Jan. 14, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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proof. That occurred about the first of last August. I have 

 seen no paralysis this season. 



Mr. Gill — I have had a case of paralysis that was simi- 

 lar. I don't know whether it was from excess of pollen, or 

 a certain kind of pollen, but I think it was bad nutrition. 

 It was certainly a condition of the alimentary canal. When 

 they got food from a new source because of shaking the 

 paralysis ceased. 



A Member — Paralysis occurs only in the spring. 



H. Rauchfuss— I think some of it occurs later in the 

 season. 



Mr. Lindza — Eighteen years ago I had a few colonies 

 on the dry prairie, six miles from any others. They took 

 the foul brood from an empty hive I got elsewhere. 



Mr. Gill— When did the first foul brood arrive in 

 Colorado ? 



Mr. Lindza— The first I knew of was 18 years ago, 

 among the bees of Dave Wolcott. 



H. Rauchfuss — It would be difficult to find out, as the 

 first bees that had it simply died out without it being rec- 

 ognized as foul brood. 



Mr. Spencer — Under what conditions will a colony 

 develop foul brood the first time ? It must have a starting 

 point. 



H. Rauchfuss — We might as well ask where does the 

 first corn come from ? or where do we come from ? But 

 you can't raise corn unless you plant corn. It is impossible 

 to generate it ; chilled brood will never develop it. 



Mr. Adams — A neighbor of mine was positive that he 

 could develop foul brood from chilled brood. I told him I 

 would give him $10 if he could. He tried his best, but he 

 had to admit that he could not. 



A Member — Give a plad for managing colonies that are 

 being run for extracted honey in districts where foul brood 

 is prevalent, without spreading the disease. 



H. Rauchfuss — It is not a good plan to produce ex- 

 tracted honey in such a district. 



Mr. Adams — Don't run a badly infected colony for ex- 

 tracted honey, but keep it separate. 



(Continued next week.) 



(Our BeC'ReeplnS Sisters] 



Conducted by Emma M. Wilson, Marengo, 111. 



Lonesome for Bee-News. 



I am still at the hospital. Providence permitting, I will 

 start for Florida in a few days. Mr. Harrison, who is an 

 invalid, accompanies me ; also our daughter Lucy. I can 

 not read the American Bee Journal now, but am in hopes to 

 be able to do so before long. I'm lonesome for bee-news. 



Peoria Co., 111., Dec. 23. Mrs. L. Harrison. 



It would seem from Mrs. Harrison's card that the opera- 

 tion had proved successful, and she was soon to have the 

 use of her eyes again. This is welcome news to her bee- 

 keeping sisters, who hope she will not have to be " lonesome 

 for bee-news " much longer. 



For Colds, Coughs, and Chapped Hands. 



I am delighted with your department in the American 

 Bee Journal, and if you will allow me to be a sister for the 

 time being, I will add my mite of information for the gen- 

 eral good. 



These are the days when a " hot toddy " at bedtime, 

 after exposure to the inclemency of prevailing storms is not 

 only a pleasant beverage, but may forestall the advent of 

 serious trouble. 



This is how to do it : Take a big spoonful of extracted 

 honey, put in a quart mug, add the juice of half a lemon (or 

 a teaspoonful of good vinegar will do nearly as well), pour 

 upon this boiling water, stir, and drink warm as possible 

 just before jumping into bed. In ten minutes you feel as if 

 in a Russian bath — exactly what you need to break up a 

 bad cold or congested lungs. It is good, and, of course, 

 perfectly harmless to old and young. 



Talk about "two-lip" salve for chapped lips! Two 



tablespoon fuls of honey, one of finely chipped camphor, a 

 small piece of wax, all thorou^^hly heated together, and let 

 cool, is the finest application for all sorts of chaps — hands, 

 face, etc., and for burns. Well, you just try it. 



You know how we ladies often get hurt, cut and 

 scratched, especially about the kitchen. Well, a sticky 

 salve made of equal parts of honey, camphor and rosin 

 heated in a pan of hot water — that is, the ingredients put in 

 a tin cup, and the cup into a vessel of boiling water, well 

 stirred and cooled ready for " business. " Have that cup 

 handy ; it will be in frequent demand. A clean rag wrapped 

 over it is an additional protection. 



. Let me tell it again : A pint (in that proportion) of 

 honey and a tablespoonful of spruce-gum, pounded fine, 

 dissolved in the honey, makes one of the very best cough- 

 balms to sore throats or lungs known. Dose, a teaspoonful 

 every hour. It exactly fits grandma's case for that racking 

 cough, and little Ethel won't have to be coaxed to take it — 

 it is so good. My, what a blessing is honey, if the people 

 did but undrestand its benefits. 



Did I hear you say, "Hold — enough ?" Well, then I'll 

 quit. With compliments of the joyous season. 



Emm Dee. 



The sisters will, no doubt, feel like giving a rising vote 

 of thanks for the valuable suggestions given by Emm Dee. 

 It may be something of a shock to some of them to be told 

 to take a hot toddy, but when they find out that it consists 

 of nothing more dangerous than extracted honey, lemon- 

 juice, and hot water, it will be all right. I think they will 

 heartily approve of such a toddy. 



When he comes with such a bundle of helpful things, 

 Emm Dee may always feel just as sure of a cordial welcome 

 as if he were Emma Dee. 



Smoking Bees. 



On page 838 (1903) Mr. John Kennedy says, " Beginners, 

 and especially lady bee-keepers, generally use too much 

 smoke." Does he speak from observation, or just on gen- 

 eral principles ? I was not aware that lady bee-keepers 

 used any more smoke than the men. He further says, 

 "You can handle bees so as to require little or no smoke." 

 To be sure, you can (that is, some bees), but if your time is 

 very valuable does it pay to use too little smoke ? I once 

 went to one of the out-apiaries and forgot my smoker, con- 

 sequently I either had to work without one or go back home 

 after it. Rather than take a five-mile trip for it, I worked 

 all day without the smoker. I don't remember that I re- 

 ceived so very many stings, but, dear me, I had to be so 

 very careful of my every movement, so as not to irritate 

 those bees, that it was a very long and tedious day, and you 

 may be sure I did not forget my smoker again. 



A puff or two of smoke at the entrance, and again over 

 the top of the brood-frames as the cover is lifted, may save 

 you from having to give, and the bees from having to re- 

 ceive, a good deal more smoke ; for if a colony is once 

 aroused it requires usually a good deal of smoke before it is 

 subdued. At any rate, I will take my chances on the ounce 

 of prevention rather than the pound of cure. 





Nasty's Afterthoughts 





The " Old Reliable " seen through New and Unreliable Glasses. 

 By E. E. Hasty, Sta. B Rural, Toledo. Ohio. 



SLAUGHTERING ROADSIDE TREKS. 



Yes, Prof. Cook, let's plant trees by the roadside ; but 

 how about those everlasting telephone lines and electric 

 roads that slaughter the ornamental trees after they have 

 become things of beauty and of joy ? Might not our legis- 

 latures profitably put some sort of a limit to such hideous 

 slaughter ? Page 760. 



" SOME EXPERT OPINION " (>N I.ANGSTROTH FRAME. 



And here, risen from the prave, is the old-fashioned 

 symposium set of answers to a question. The none too 

 spiritual Solomon, in a grandly, beautiful passage, tells 

 how everything has its time, and everything is admirable 

 in its time— but didn't think to mention that there was a 



