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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Oct. 15. 



ei'cd under the influence of hot winds and dry 

 \\'eatli('r. . 



There were about 2800 lbs. of comb honey. 

 It was exceptionally white and fine, having 

 been made in a short space of time, and taken 

 off from the hives as soon as finished. You 

 will notice that it is mostly in 24-lb. shipi)ing- 

 cases, the rest being 12-lb. cases. VVliile these 

 do not show the honey quite as well as the 

 48-lb. case, when it comes to shipping and mar- 

 keting they are much safer, and more popular 

 with the trade. 



The supplies were an'anged in convenient 

 view, and consisted of every thing used by the 

 bee-keeper, though the picture doesn't fully 

 show this portion of the exhibit. However, 

 you will notice, beginning at the left-hand side, 

 a few smokers witli numerous other small arti- 

 cles, which were placed on the top of a pyra- 

 mid of 60-lb. cans of extracted honey, only the 

 top corner of which is shown. "Following 

 along ai'e the different sizes and styles of the 

 Novice honey and wax extractors.' Back of 

 these may be seen smokers, foundation, drone- 

 traps, and perforated zinc honey-boards. To 

 the right of the central card is a pyramid of 

 choice be(;swax, made of small cakes. In this 

 shape we find it to be a very marketable article. 

 The cakes are of such a size as to retail at 5 

 cents, and we wholesale quite a good deal of 

 it in this form to the stores. Next may be seen 

 sprigs of a bunch of Japanese buckwheat in 

 bloom, and the best 20 lbs. of extracted honey. 

 The lid of the solar wax-extractor, which is 

 thrown back, is noticeable, and the rest of the 

 supplies in view are, a copy of the ABC 

 book, foundation-mill, and sections, which are 

 easily recognized. Jos. Nysewandek. 



Des Moines, la., Sept. 1.5, 1890. 



Friend N., your idea of hanging honey-pails 

 and tumblers on a wire is quite an item; and if 

 you are the first one to inaugurate it, we owe 

 you a vote of thanks. We congratulate you on 

 the neat placards explaining and advertising 

 the different items. Very likely the whole 

 display will give many helpful hints to others 

 in arranging like exhibits. 



FOUL BROOD IN CANADA. 



AN EYE-WITNESS RECOUNTS THE EFFECTIVE 

 WOKK DONE BY THE FOITI.-BROOI) INSPECTOR. 



Any one who has sp(>nt a few hours with Mr. 

 McEvoy in the discharge of his duties could 

 hardly fail to be convinced of the necessity, in 

 the interest of bee-keeping, for the surveillance 

 of foul brood. I had long been satisfied in my 

 own mind that protection ought to be given to 

 this industry, of such a nature as to insure the 

 man who embarks in it to make a livelihood, 

 that his neighbor who has nothing at stake, 

 comparatively, would not, through ignorance 

 or otherwise, cultivate foul brood beside him, 

 and thus jeopardize his existence as a bee-keep- 

 er. That impression, which has been deepen- 

 ing on my mind for years back, was immensely 

 emphasized by the result of yesterday's ride; 

 and, Mr. Editor, you may put your own com- 

 ment underneath whatever way you please; 

 but when I say that a large class of people— 

 among them the non-reader, and the one-or- 

 two-hives-for-honey-for-own-use folks— should 

 be strongly discouraged. I think I say it advis- 

 edly, and that the following will bear me out. 



After a drive of a couple; of hours we arrived 

 at a certain comfortable-looking village situat- 

 ed picturesquely amidst the hills, and there 

 called upon the principal bee-keeper, the resi- 



dent minister of the German Bai)tist church. 

 We found him a man of intelligence, and par- 

 ticularly well' up in iiiattel's-'perta'iniug to this 

 industry; a student of the German, English, 

 and American authors. He has for years used 

 a shallow hive with a hanging frame", the same 

 dimensions as the Heddon frame. a.nd got the 

 idea from accounts by German authors of a 

 similar hive used in Germany. In fact, he says 

 that, when Mr. Heddon gave his invention to 

 the world, he wrote, informing him that he 

 had already, the previous season, been using 

 the same hive, only with a hanging frame. 



When asked about foul brood he said that 

 there had been some in his yai'd. caught from 

 neighboi'S, but that it was now away; that he 

 cured it by shaking the bees on starters, and 

 replacing these by others at the end of three 

 days, when he fed the bees, medicating the 

 feed with salicylic acid and borax. No disease 

 was found in his yard, and the place was the 

 very perfection of order and neatness. 



From there a visit was made to a blacksmith 

 neighbor of his, scarcely 2(X) yards away, where 

 only two hives were found, he having sent a 

 number some miles off to a son's place. One of 

 these two was very badly diseased, and the 

 other somewliat less so. Another call in the 

 village was made on a pai'ty owning one hive, 

 and it was found to be on its very last legs with 

 the disease. 



As one of these two parties was reported to 

 have sold many cases of foul brood they both 

 were requested to have a bonfire at night. Mr. 

 McEvoy then went across the street and asked 

 the minister if he would go over and see that 

 tliese men did what they were ordered to do. 

 The minister very willingly jjromised to do so. 

 He was very much alarmed" when told that it 

 was so close to him; and, with feelings of the 

 deepest regret he said, "Oh dear! oh dear! aft- 

 er all my trouble in melting combs, and doing 

 all I could to keep it out of my apiary — just see 

 the risks I have to run with my neighbors who 

 won't do any thing." The inspector replied, 

 saying he would protect him, and make them 

 clean out the disease. 



Leaving the village we went to blacksmith 

 No. 2, a couple of miles away, to whom black- 

 smith No. 1 had sold bees some lime ago; and 

 in the second hive looked at, the disease was 

 found in a very malignant form and degree. 

 This man has somewhere about 30 hives. The 

 conversation which took place here was some- 

 thing like this: 



" Say, mister, would you come up here ? " 

 (spoken from the upper level door behind the 

 smithy). 



"What for?" 



" I want to see your bees." Up he comes. 



"I'm the government inspector,' appointed to 

 look after bees and see that there is no foul 

 brood among them." 



" Guess you won't find any here." 



Guesswork in this business is rather suspi- 

 cious and suggestive. 



"Oh, no! I don't expect to. Well, we'll go 

 and see, any way. Do you take any journal ? " 



" No." 



He was shown the foul brood, and warned 

 and instructed about it. He was then advised 

 to ask the assistance of our minister friend to 

 help him get rid of the trouble. 



Leaving here we passed down the road a mile 

 to a farmhouse where was a small collection of 

 hives of the ancient Mitchell and more modern 

 Jones varieties. Some were inhabited, but 

 more without tenants. No foul brood appeared 

 here; but in one hive large pieces had been cut 

 out of two of the back combs, and the next 

 frame showed a few dead larvse. The owner 

 being away in the fields at a distance plowing. 



