1895 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



813 



that this is better than a larger or smaller 

 amount. The bottom-board should be raised 

 that distance above the bottom of the box. and, 

 after having packed under it, it should be 

 secured there, and so as to touch the front side 

 of the box also, as the bi'es must pass over this 

 to get outside of the box. Half an inch above 

 the botfom-board a thinner board should be 

 secured in the same way to both the hive and 

 box. immediately above the entrance to the 

 hive, so as to keep the packing-material from 

 obstructing the passage of the bees, for this is 

 now to become the entrance to the hive. 



Having this fixed, and the hive thoroughly 

 secured to its place, we now put in the packing, 

 pressing it in tightly, so that as even a temper- 

 ature as possible can be maintainfd inside of 

 the hive, packing the material in as nearly 

 alike on all sides as possible. When the top of 

 the hive is reached, the honey-board, if one is 

 used, should be removed, and two or three 

 thicknesses of cotton cloth spread over the top 

 to keep the packing from rattling down into 

 the hive, and also that, in thus providing for 

 ventilation, a direct draft shall not be allowed 

 through the hive. 



Having all fixed as above, fill in the packing 

 to the depth of four inches all over the top of 

 the other packing, as well as over the hive, 

 keeping it as evenly distributed as possible, but 

 allowing it to be more loose and open than at 

 the sides. The box should be tall enough so as 

 to come a few inches above the packing, so 

 that the cover, which is now to be put on, shall 

 not touch it. This last is very important; for 

 where the packing touches the cover to the 

 box it will absorb the moisture which condenses 

 on the cover, to such an extent that all will 

 become wet and moldy long before spring. 



No matter whether it is chaflf hives or boxes 

 packed as above, there should always be a few 

 Inches space above the chaff or packing, so that 

 the moisture arising from the bees may have a 

 chance to pass off to the outside air with as 

 little condensation as possible. Having your 

 bees thus fixed, or in a good cellar, they will 

 winter much better than if left to take their 

 chances in unprotected hives. 



LYSOL A SUCCESS AS A CURE FOR FOUL BROOD. 



Report from here is poor. Bass wood did 

 great for ten days, but no honey since — not 

 enough to keep up brood-rearing. Well, we 

 have no foul brood now. One colony has some 

 dead brood, killed by feeding lysol. I used a 

 hive that had foul brood last season, and fed 

 two feeds too close together, so that the young 



larvaj got two doses, and that will fix them sure. 

 Lysol will cure foul brood here in Michigan. 

 I have treated 7 colonies for another pnrty, and 

 they are now ail healthy; but it may return 

 next season. More lysol will do the business, 

 so will McEvoy's way of doing. Can't scare 

 me out of another year's growth with it again. 

 Norihville, Mich. Chas. Hiery. 



[Wo are very glad to get this report of the 

 efteciiveness of lysol as a cure for foul brood. 

 It will be remembi-red that, after friend i^ra- 

 venhorst, editor of the Blenenzeltung (Ger- 

 many), suggested to us this new remedy, we 

 procured some of the drug and sent samples of 

 it out for the cost of postage, to those who 

 would try it. As we sent out at the time 

 quite a number of samples. T should like to 

 hear from those who obtained it as to how it 

 worked. — Ed. J 



ANOTHER REASON WHY THE HIVE DISCUSSION 

 SHOULD BE CONTINUED. 



By all means keep up the hive discussion. It 

 may help other bee-keepers, as it has me, to 

 find just where I am "at" on the hive ques- 

 tion. I will try to write you shortly in refer- 

 ence to the standard cubical hive. 



Mentone, Ala., Oct. 15. C. F. Parker. 



MEMORIAL. 



While the Southwestern Wisconsin Bee- 

 keepers' Association was in session, Oct. 8, in 

 Platteville, the sad news of the death of Rev. 

 L. L. Laugstroth was received. Therefore be 

 it resolved: 



That this society deplores the loss of father 

 Langstroth, who died at his post of duty while 

 preaching gospel truths. 



That his life has ever been an example of 

 study, thought, and deed. 



That by his invention of the most practical 

 movable-frame hive, 1851, and his book, 1852, 

 "The Hive and Honey-bee," Mr. Langstroth 

 laid the foundation of American apiculture. 



That a copy of these resolutions be published 

 in American Bee Journal and Gleanings in 

 Bee Culture. N. France, Pres. 



M. M. Rice, Sec'y. 



VALUE OF BEES AS FERTILIZERS, AGAIN. 



I would call your attention to the inclosed 

 clip from the Experiment Station Record, Vol. 



VII., No. 1, 1895. A. T. GOLDSBOROUGH. 



Washington, D. C. 



[The following is the item referred to, and 

 simply corroborates a mountain of other evi- 

 dence to the same effect:] 



Fruits, G. Coote (Oregon Sta. Bui. 34, pp. 19-29, 

 pis. 2).— This bulletin comprises notes on various 

 varieties of orchard and small fruits grown at the 

 station, with some general remarks on pollination 

 and fertilization of flowers by bees and otherwise. 

 Tabulated comparative notes are given of tiie date 

 of blooming and pollen-production for ~1 vai-ieties 

 of cherries, 28 of plums, 11 of peaches, 11 of pears, 

 and 32 of apples, the relative abundance of pollen 

 being also designated. 



Experiments were made with peach-trees in a 

 forcing-house to determine their power of self-fer- 

 tilization. Fertilization was done by hand, a brush 

 being used, by spraying with water when the trees 



