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Caiiifl <■! "Texas State I'Mowei'," the blue liiitine i I.i(j>itiii\ xuhcaniosiiKt. Tlu- almost entiie absence of 

 this aiimial spring carpet this year indicates a dry season in most iiarts of the Lone Star State. See Bff- 

 Jx-eepina in tlie Sou Unrest. 



[There ought to be some sort of tiay un- 

 der the frame-liolder tocatcli tliewax scia|)- 

 iiigs. otlierwise some of tliem will tjet lost. 

 Wax in any form always rejjresents cash. — 



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TREATING 



FOUL BROOD 

 DEARTH. 



IN A HONEY 



Boiling Hives more Effective than Steaming. 



BY P. C. CUADWICK. 



In the l'>ast I never had fold brood: and 

 when I met it face to face in this coinitry I 

 was somewhat nervous as to my ability to 

 cope with it. Howe\er. as I was associated 

 with Mr. .1. K. \\illiamson my fears were 

 soon over, he beinji a very carel'id observer. 

 This article is largely due to his headwork. 



In the spring of liin:', Mr. Williamson had 

 his bees rented to two i)ar)ies. one of whom. 

 I am sorry t > say, was not as carefid with 

 the disease as might be after having been 

 warned of the ])ossil)le existence of fold 

 hroo;l. The residt was. in the s])ring of 1!H)4 

 tiie disease had been s|)read by the inter- 

 ■changing <>!' cond)s to such an extent tiial it 

 was diflicult to deal with it. The season 

 Avas \ery dry. with no honey-llow; and witii 

 the usual tendency in such cases for bees to 

 rot), it woiibl have been absolutely ridicu- 

 lous to have put these diseased colonies on 

 foundation, as it wotdd have meant starva- 

 tioji. We just watched them closely, and if 

 aiy sliowed signs of being oxercome by dis- 

 e.ise we melte.l the coml)s. si-alded the hives. 



an<l coimle<l the colony lost save for the hive 

 and wax. 



Might here let me say that we have never 

 ha<l any trouble with hives used again after 

 being ijrojterly scalded. Some of these col- 

 onies were carried over until the following 

 s|)ring with very litt le indications of t rouljle. 

 Some we were comi)elled to melt u]) to sa\e 

 them from being robbed out, and the dis- 

 ease thus spread again. .\ few in which 

 onh' a few cells ai)i)eared were '"carved out " 

 — thai is. a small ])iece of c(tinb was cut out 

 around the diseased cells, and carefully de- 

 stroyed; and, strange to say, most of the 

 carved-out coloiues are still intact, with no 

 sign of the disease ha\ ing reai)i)eared after 

 four years. 



One colony, however, that was carried 

 o\er din-ing the dry year and put re|)->atedly 

 on foundation the following season, and 

 given nearly exery known treatment for 

 cure, during the following season was hnal- 

 ly, as a last resort, sulphured at night, and 

 bees, frames, brood, and honey were burned, 

 after winch the hive was scalded and used 

 again. The wax from this colony nnght 

 have been saved; but so many failures make 

 one <les])erate, and Ihiis it ended. 



I do not l)elie\e Mr. Scholl's way of disin- 

 fecting, page 77, Feb. 1, is e((ual to thorough 

 scalding, as this method does not reach the 

 cracks and crevices as thoroughly as scald- 

 ing water; neither do I see tlie object in 

 scalding frames with lye and corrosive sub- 

 limate when hot water is just as etTective, 

 in my mind, and cleaner: besides, one can 

 then sa\e the adhering wax. 



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