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now been detected because of the work 

 of the inspectors. Possible there is 

 something' in this view of the matter, 

 but I know that I never saw anything- 

 like this until I saw it two years ago 

 at Mr. Heddon's and in an apiary near 

 his. 



As I understand it, the treatment is 

 the same as for our old fashioned foul 

 brood; that is, shaking off the bees 

 and allowing them to build new combs. 

 Every bee-keeper should be on the 

 watch for this foe, and be ready to 

 stamp it out as soon as it is found. 



In conclusion, let me once more cau- 

 tion queen buyers to burn up the bees 

 and cage accompanying any queens 

 they may buy. The food in the cage, 

 and the bees that have consumed it, 

 may be full ot the germs of disease. 



CLEANING UP EXTRACTING COMBS: 



Some Reasons Why This Should Be Done 

 at the End of the Season. 



Some months ago I published in the 

 Review an extract from the writings of 

 Mr. G. M. Doolittle, wherein he rather 

 opposed the practice of having the 

 bees clean up the extracting combs at 

 the end of the season — at least, he saw 

 no necessity for so doing. The objec- 

 tion usually made to leaving them wet 

 with honey is that the honey granu- 

 lates, and the inference has been that 

 this granulated honey, even though 

 small in quantity, was likely to start 

 granulation in the new honey stored in 

 the cells. Mr. Doolittle called atten- 

 tion to the fact that bees clean out the 

 cells before storing any honey in them, 

 hence there would be no trouble from 

 this source. 



Now comes Mr. C. P. Dad ant, in the 

 American Bee Journal, and tells us, 

 well, here is what he says: 



If the crop is still on, at the time of 

 extracting, we return supers as fast as 

 extracted. If there is no harvest, re- 

 turning the super woi..d cause too 

 much of an uproar, and we pile them 

 up in the honey-house till the end of 



the day, when all hands turn out and 

 in less than a half-hour all the supers 

 are put back on the hives. The excite- 

 ment is great, for a while, but as night 

 approaches it soon subsides, and by 

 morning everything is again quiet, for 

 the honey has all been licked up and 

 the cells in many cases have already 

 assumed their clean appearance. The 

 bees are indeed industrious little crea- 

 tures, and never lose a minute to get 

 things in ship-shape. 



Some of the Swiss apiarists do not re- 

 turn the combs to the bees at the' ei. 

 the last extracting, but prefer to kec. • 

 them until spring, when, the}', say, it 

 gives the bees some encouragement to 

 receive the supers still sticky with 

 honey. I dc .lot like this method. The 

 supers are lapt to leak more or less, 

 owing to the few drops of honey left 

 about the edges of the combs. Then, 

 the moisture during rainy weather ren- 

 ders the honey watery and causes it to 

 run. Sometimes, during the warm 

 days of fall, the honey that remains 

 gathers moisture ferments and 

 sours. There is great danger of some 

 of this honey being retained and mixed 

 with the honey of the new crop the fol- 

 lowing summer, and causing its fer- 

 mentation. None of these accidents 

 are to be feared if we return the combs 

 to the bees immediately after extract- 

 ing. The bees will at once gather up 

 everything, and what honey is. left will 

 be put into compact shape so that there 

 is no danger of its becoming watery 

 and fermenting. 



ADVERTISING' HONEY AT FAIRS 



And Making a Big Profit on (ne Honey 

 That is Sold. 



Tl. season of fairs v\ill soon be 

 here, a.. ' I wish to say, with emphasis, 

 that many a bee-keeper coitld greatly 

 increase the demand for honey, and, at 

 the same ti.ne, sell his own crop at a 

 'big price, by taking advantage of the 

 crowds that g^ather at t'"->se annual 

 autumnal outings. Tb .c are dift'er- 

 ent methods of managini,- the busii.ess. 

 '-^ ■';iou'last fall how successful tlie 

 the'ULtia'^i -ns were, and gave you their 

 methods. 



"^oots, of Medina, U.j.o, took up 

 another plan, that of giving exhibi- 

 tions with live '.-^es, in a wire cloth 



