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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Control of Increase brouj^ht out a 

 large number of most excellent arti- 

 cles, but, as the season of swarming' 

 and increase has now passed, it seems 

 to me it will be better to wait until 

 next spring before publishing any more 

 on the subject. This v ill explain to 

 some why their articles do not appear. 



In Northern Michigan, is where I am 

 at present, (July 16) and have been for 

 the past week, helping to rig up honey 

 houses and tents, extracting honey, 

 etc., and I may remain here another 

 week. My brother Elmer and one of 

 his boys is now at the Morey yard ex- 

 tracting, and one boy and his mother 

 are at home extracting, while another 

 boy and myself are at the Boardman 

 yard extracting. I'll tell you more 

 about it next month. 



Getting Queen Cells built by the sup- 

 erseding of the queen, because one of 

 her legs has been cut oil", has been 

 practiced and recommended by Mr. 

 Thos. Broderick, of New York. This 

 plan does not seem to be infallible, 

 but Mr. E. F. Atwater, of Idaho, 

 writes me that it succeeds with him six 

 times out of seven. He gets the cells 

 started by using the Pratt swarm-box 

 and wood-cells; then, in from 18 to 24 

 hours he gives from 10 to 16 of these 

 cells to a superseding colony, and gets 

 fine results. 



Cement Hive Stands are mentioned in 

 this issue of the Review, and I might 

 add thatC. A. Olmstead, of New York, 

 has also written in their favor, but I 

 think he has a different style than has 

 Mr. Lhommedieu, as he says that for 

 five cents he can make a stand 24x36 

 inches, and he mentions the advantage 

 that they keep down the grass By 

 the way, Mr. Olmstead objects to hav- 

 ing more than one colony on a single 

 stand a la ToW^nsend. The work with 

 one colony annoys the others. Some 



colonies don't seem to mind it, but 

 others boil out and make life miserable 

 for the operator. 



Protests appear frequently in the bee 

 journals against depending upon the 

 Alexander plan of treatment for curing 

 foul brood. The treatment is simply 

 that of removing the queen allowing 

 the bees to rear another. The vital 

 point is that it allows all the brood to 

 hatch, and that the bees clean out the 

 cells most completely in anticipation of 

 the laying of the young queen. By the 

 way, Mr. Alexander has never said 

 that it would cure the old fashioned or 

 American foul brood, but others, espe- 

 cially Mr. Simmins of England, assert 

 that a cure may thus be effected. So 

 long as there are cells of infected honey 

 in the hive, it seems to me that it 

 would be impossible to get rid of the 

 disease. 



The Arrangements for extracting at 

 the two apiaries where there are honey 

 houses, are as follows: A platform 

 about three feet high is built for the 

 extractor, and this platform is large 

 enougli to allow room for the operator 

 to stand, also for two or three hives of 

 combs. On a platform a little lower 

 stands a tub of galvanized iron with a 

 honej' gate at the bottom, and the top 

 covered with cheese cloth for straining 

 the honey. By the way this cheese 

 cloth must be fastened very firmlj', or 

 the weight of the honey will pull it 

 down. Ordinary twine won't answer. 

 A small rope is needed, and this must 

 be drawn tight by putting on a stick 

 and twisting up the top. The honey 

 runs from the extractor into the tub, 

 passing through the strainer on its 

 way, then below the tub, on a pair of 

 scales, stands the can to be filled, the 

 scales being set at the right weight to 

 just fill ihe can. Then there is the 

 electrical alarm attachment to give 

 notice when the scale-beam rises up, 

 as explained in another place. 



