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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



October, 1918 



HEAPS OF" GRA I>ni?f^"AQ O)IFFERENT FIELDS 



Simple Simon met a Beemah 



Going to the fair, ^ 



says Simple Simon tottie Beemanj^ 



Going to the fair, 

 Simple Simon toti 

 Any bees in there. 



Says ItieBeeman to Simple jimon. - Do you want to DU\/( ' 

 Says Simile iimon to the Beeman " I'd tike io see them fly 



Says ttie Beeman to Simple Simon 



"I'll sell you. nice white honey. 

 Sdys Simple Simon tojhe Beeman 

 "Indeed t ha-ve no mon t " ^ 



Says the Beeman to Simple Simon 



'I've hives to sell to day. ' 

 Says itching Simon to the Beeman, 

 'I've hives to give away. " 



Grey, S, Vancouver, and Kerrisdale have 

 lost from 50 to 75 per cent of the bees. The 

 opinion is that the disease has been in the 

 district during the past few years in an in- 

 cipient stage, but, owing to the fact that 

 few knew the disease (thinking it was chill- 

 ed, sac, or starved brood), it was rampant 

 before the uninitiated were aware of its 

 presence. The disease appears to have gone 

 the usual course, wiping out the blacks and 

 hybrids, and badly affecting the Italians. 

 The slogan of the local inspector, F. Dundas 

 Todd, has been: "We in British Columbia 

 make no pretence of curing foul brood; we 

 simply wipe out the colony and hive by 

 fire," and "when burning you know the 

 end. ' ' In spite of this we have now the 

 following remedy handed out to men who 

 have been told there was only the burning 

 remedy: "TREATMENT FOR EUROPEAN 

 FOUL BROOD: First day— kill queen; 

 same day, order Italian queen from queen 

 breeder, to be mailed within 14 days; eighth 

 day — destroy all queen cells; 21st day or 

 later — introduce new Italian queen; it is 

 useless attempting to cure weak colonies; 

 all combs badly affected with disease should 

 be removed from the hive and burnt. ' ' 

 Cloverdale, B. C. Williams Hugh. 



Working Hours That editorial about 



of Honeybees. the bees gathering 



clover honey when the 

 temperature was very low reminds me of 

 something I have learned lately about the 

 working hours of the honeybee. I am an 

 outdoor sleeper, and over my porch this sum- 

 mer there is a cobaea vine. Often, on wak- 

 ing very early in the morning, I have heard 

 the bees working on the blossoms of this 

 vine. One morning earlier in the summer 

 I looked at my watch and noted the time. 

 It was ten minutes past five and not yet 

 fully daylight! I had just waked up, so I 

 don't know how long they had been work- 

 ing before that. Our bees are not New Eng- 

 land bees either. I suppose they did not 

 have to travel far, as there are a few hives 

 not more than 75 feet away. But our sum- 

 mers here on the coast are cool, and at that 

 time in the morning the temperature is de- 

 cidedly not what we have always considered 

 suitable for working with the bees. I have 

 also noticed the bees humming about these 

 flowers in the evening when it was too dark 

 to read. (Miss) Flora Mclntyre. 



Ventura, Calif. 



Disease Ravages in European foul brood 

 British Columbia. is epidemic thruout a 

 a large portion of the 

 lower mainland of British Columbia. Parts 

 of Langley, Surrey, New Westminster, Point 



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 HONEY 



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[An example of clever advertising that 

 explains itself — if looked at upside down, as 

 well as upside up as here printed.] 



