June 16, 1904. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



429 



conditions of hun-an life. Thi* exceeding 

 scarceness of this substance is at present the 

 only draw back to a rapid aequisition of 

 knowledge as to what it can and will do for 

 man. But that objection once applied to 

 aluminum ; for some of us can remember 

 when it was as valuable as jjold. even while 

 we drink tea made in cups of that same metal. 

 A very well-informed writer in the British 

 Journal has this to say about it as a cure for 

 foul brood. His last sentence will surely be 

 the hope of all of us : 



" In experiments made it has been found 

 that the rays of radium have proved fatal to 

 all kinds of bacteria. A great many tests 

 have been made in treating different kinds of 

 germ diseases, and in almost every case ex- 

 posure to the rays destroy the germs, so that 

 on trial being made it was proved that they 

 cease to grow and multiply in a gelatine me- 

 diuin. Experiments-have been made whereby 

 the rays have been allowed to pass through a 

 hole in a metal disc and strike on a small mass 

 of gelatine containing active germs, with the 

 result that they were developed, ercepi on tlie 

 sput where the rays Jiad struek. This undoubt- 

 edly proves that a comb so treated would be 

 sterilized, and that radium may prove able to 

 accomplish a cure of foul brood. I ask no 

 one to accept this as a truism until the experi- 

 ment has been tried and found a success. All 

 I now plead for is, that, theoretically, it 

 should do what I claim for it. Some of our 

 scientific bee-keepers might be able to bring a 

 small piece of comb containing active germs 

 of foul brood, under the action of radium 

 rays, and prove if the deadly possibilities of 

 germ or spore would be rendered innocuous. 

 The heavy cost of even the most minute parti- 

 cle may prove a bar to any thing more than 

 this simple experiment ; but this wonderful 

 force is only in its infancy, and by and by 

 will become more common and attainable. I 

 hope this is not merely a vain dream 1 " — 

 Gleanings in Bee-Culture. 



Bee-Keeping in Tunis. 



The material for bee-hives used by the Tun- 

 isians is very inexpensive, and nothing more 

 or less than Mother Earth. However, the 

 soil must be of a certain nature, a soft porous 

 stone. Square holes were cut in the ground, 

 SO cm. long, 40 cm. wide and 30 cm deep. 

 These holes are cut very smooth. Bars are 

 used for the bees to fasten their combs to. 

 Each cavity is covered with sticks, and a cov- 

 ering of earth. An entrance is left in the cen- 

 ter of each hole. About 50 such hives are 

 located together under one roof. The Tunis- 

 ians use smoke to handle their bees and do 

 not protect themselves against stings in any 

 way. (Revue Internationale L' Apiculture.) 

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