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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Dec. 1. 



get our bee- keepers' associations a little belter 

 organized we will look after them, as we have 

 a law in this State, if we enforce it, that will 

 prevent their calling it honey if it is adulter- 

 ated. The great bulk of our honey leav»^s the 

 State as pure as that found by Samson in the 

 carcass of a lion, and I know it is ever so much 

 nicer. S. B. Holton. 



Selma, Cal., Nov. 8. 



THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION : SOMETHING FOR 

 BKE KEEPERS WHO EXPECT TO ATTEND. 



Inclosed please lind card and circular of Mr. 

 Smith, whom 1 am glad to recommend to all 

 bee-brethren as a sincere Christian gentleman, 

 a native Georgian whom I knew in Florida. 

 All who call on him will be kindly treated. It 

 will be greatly to their advantage to call on 

 him before going elsewhere; within reach of 

 depots and postotfice, in the very heart of the 

 city, and close to the highesi-rate hotels for 

 those who want to pay higher prices. Street 

 cars to exposition, 5 cts. I consider myself for- 

 tunately located — much better than I had 

 hoped or expected. F. Danzenbaker. 



Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 16. 



If those coming to Atlanta, Ga., during the Cotton 

 States and International E.xposition, will write me 

 how many in their party, and what kind of accom- 

 modations wanted, and send from some pastor of a 

 church, superintendent of Sunday-scliool, president 

 of Young- People's Society, or responsible person, a 

 statement tliat they are ladies or gentlemen, I will 

 furnish such accommodations for them. I have 

 many liomes of the best and most wealthy Chris- 

 tian citizens of Atlanta opened for guests thus 

 recommended. 



Thieves, pickpockets, and robbers of all kinds will 

 be here from everywhere. These will get homes 

 where they can be admitted so they maj do their 

 work. The i-ity will be crowded with people all the 

 time; but if you send me your application early I 

 can get you in a home free from this class. 



Write your full address, number in the party, 

 time expected to stay, sex of each in party, and of 

 what church and society you are a'member. 



12 North Broad St., Atlanta, Ga. Wm. B. Smith. 



CREOLINE A CURE FOR FOUL BROOD. 



Some few years ago I saw an article in a Los 

 Angeles paper, written by a man in Germany, 

 who had used creoline with much success for 

 curing foul brood. As I had been much bother- 

 ed with foul brood I made up my mind to try 

 creoline, although I had very little faith in it. 

 When I started using it in October or Novem- 

 ber, foul brood was very bad throughout my 

 whole apiary. I just sprayed my bees at the 

 entrance to the hives, and did not examine the 

 hives, as I did not doubt that I should have to 

 clean them thoroughly next spring. But when 

 I examined the hives in the spring I found 

 them entirely free from foul brood. I have 

 been troubled very little since, as I use creoline 

 whenever it appears. 



Directions for using.— Drop from 2.5 to 30 

 drops of creoline into one quart of pure soft 

 water, and with this spray the bees at the en- 

 trance during the warmest part of the day. 

 every second or third day. Repeat this live or 

 six times. Also spray combs. I use an atom- 



izer with coarse spray for entrance, and the 

 fine spray for combs. The best time to spray is 

 in the fall, right after the honey season is over, 

 as the creoline has a tart taste, and may affect 

 the honey if used during the honey season. 



The apiary which had the foul brood so bad, 

 but which is free from it now. made this sum- 

 mer 412 lbs. of honey, extracted, to the hive. 



Valle Vista, Cal.. Nov. 7. Hexry Otto. 



[I don't have much hope, myself, that real 

 foul brood can b^ cured so easily; but then, I 

 hope some one will try it and report. — Ed.] 



" PETRIFIED HONEY-COMB. 



Is there any such thing as petrified comb? 

 I found a stone about as big as a fist. I broke 

 it In two with a hammer. Inside it looks like 

 a box of comb honey, but smaller, and pressed 

 together. It must have originated with bees 

 or some insect like them. I never heard of 

 petrified comb. Henry Bresser. 



Toledo. 0., Nov . 12. _a 



L^ [The stone you found is probably what is 

 more correctly called honey-comb coral. Prof. 

 Cook, iu his •■ Manual of the Apiary," page 157, 



ha s this to say of it:] 



I A very comuTbn fossil, found in many parts of 

 the Eastern and Northern United States, is, from 

 its appearance, often called petrified honey-comb. 

 We have many such specimens in our museum. In 

 some cases the cells are hardly larger than a pin- 

 head; in others, a quarter of an inch in diameter. 

 These are not fossil lioney-comb, as many are led to 

 believe, though the resemblance is so striking that 

 no wonder the pulilic generally are deceived. These 

 specimens are fos.sil coral, which the paleontologist 

 places in the genus Favosites, favosus being a com- 

 mon species in our State. They are very abundant 

 in the lime rock in Northern Michigan, and are 

 very properly denominated honey -comb coral. 

 The animals of which these were once the skeletons, 

 so to speak, are not insects at all, though often 

 called so by men of considerable information. 



THE TEN-FRAME IN THE LEAD. 



We here in this part of Virginia go in for the 

 ten-frame L. hive. There were two parties 

 manufacturing hives here, the one 8 and the 

 other 10 frames. Both were talking up their 

 merits. The eight frame man is now out of 

 business, and the ten-frame man has the whole 

 field to himself. I myself use the Manum hive 

 of 11 frames and double story for extracted, and 

 single story and section for comb. Give me a 

 good brood-nest. and. consequently, a large 

 colony, and if there is honey to be gathered 

 they will get there. S. H. Blosser. 



Dayton, Va. 



MORE thieves; THE HOUSE APIARY FOR THE 

 REMEDY. 



I think the house-apiary for bees, described 

 in Gleanings, is just the thing, and here is a 

 child that will have one if all goes well. The 

 note about petty thieves was right to the point. 

 If I had had a bee-house this season it would 

 have saved me $300 besides what I fed the bees. 

 1 got a sample feeder from Boardman a few 

 days before it occurred, and I set it to work, 

 and it works like a charm. C. H. Wiggins. 



Stimson, Mich., Nov. 4. 



