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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Aug:. 18, 1904 



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comb about two-thirds full of drone- 

 brood, most of it ready for sealing. I 

 took it out, and thinking to kill it kept 

 it in the bee-house close to an open 

 window for three days. The weather 

 was rather cool, the temperature vary- 

 ing from 45 to 60 degrees. I then put 

 it into the queenless hive mentioned 

 above to have it cleaned out, and on 

 looking in some days later I was sur- 

 prised to find quite half of it alive and 

 sealed over. W. Fisher. 



British Columbia, Canada, July 9. 



Anticipated Swapming. 



On page 428 is an item with the 

 above title describing " anticipated 

 swarming by single permutation." On 

 page 419 the editor refers to the article, 

 and questions whether it will not re- 

 sult in " double permutation." 



I am aware that " one swallow does 

 not make a summer," neither does one 

 experiment establish a definite princi- 

 ple, but it may show at least what may 

 be an exception to a general rule. 



After reading the article referred to 

 I followed the instructions carefully, 

 and the result was even worse than the 

 editor anticipated. Here is the method 

 pursued : 



June 17, "The queen and all the bees 

 of hive No. 1 are driven out and put in 

 a new hive on the old stand." Hive 

 No. 1 is placed on stand No. 2. Hive 

 No. 2 is put on a new stand. June 24, 

 No. 1 and 2 exchange places. 



Now for the result : The next day 

 after shaking them (June 18), No. 3 

 left their hive and clustered with an- 

 other large prime swarm that was in 

 the air, but as the queens were clipped 

 I caught them and divided the cluster, 

 putting about one-half of them back in 

 No. 3 where they remained all right. 

 June 29, No. 1 swarmed. About July 

 10 (I failed to set down the date). No. 2 

 swarmed. So instead of getting one 

 swarm from the two I got 3 swarms 

 from them. 



But this has been an exceptionally 

 bad year around here for swarming. 

 My first swarm was June 1, and they 

 have kept it up almost incessantly un- 

 til the present time. I had 2 swarms 

 to day. Perhaps in an ordinary year 

 that method would be more successful. 

 J. RiDLBY. 



Wright Co., Minn., July 28. 



No. 51 WALNUT ST., 



CINCINNATI, OHIO. 



Worst Year for Honey. 



This is the worst year for honey I 

 ever noticed ; great bloom but no nec- 

 tar. There has been much diseased 

 brood in this section, but I have suc- 

 cessfully cured every colony that I have 

 " shaken." F. H. Drake. 



Worcester Co., Mass., Aug. 8. 



Treatment of Foul Brood. 



Yesterday I saw foul brood for the 

 first time. I was not aware that there 

 was a case of it within SO miles of my 

 apiary. A friend had purchased a col- 

 ony of bees some distance from his 

 home, but they did not seem to be do- 

 ing anything, so at his request I vis- 

 ited him. He is about 5 miles away. 



A very offensive odor greeted me as 

 I opened the hive. Many cells con- 

 taining brood had sunk quite a little 

 below the natural level, were brown in 

 color, and were capped over. The cap- 

 ping was ropy, like mucilage, much of 



