1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



741 



time did not permit of interrogating him re- 

 garding tlie mutilated comhs: but as a precau- 

 tionary measure, woi-d was left advising him to 

 " tal<e up" the hive this fall for its honey. 



Furtlier along a call was made where half a 

 dozen Mitchelf liives were sitting on a sloi)ing 

 lawn with a " list" to soutli that was calculat- 

 ed to call to mind the leaning tower of IMsa. 

 The guid-wife took us for tramps, or agents, 

 and. in absence of the giiid-man in the fields, 

 assumed the defensive. 



'• I don't let any one interfere with my bees. 

 I run them myself." says she, 



Mr. McEvoiv indulged in a smile, passing the 

 remark aside that this was the second time he 

 had been refused liberty to see bees in the prov- 

 ince. Our good lady friend became mollified 

 when she was informed that no less a jku'Sou 

 had calli'd upon licr than a government official, 

 and then came down and assisted in the some- 

 what difificult operation of dissecting one of the 

 hives, apologizing all the time for her apparent 

 discourtesy. No disease was found here. 



The shades of evening wcw about to close 

 over the l)eautiful landscape, and wo headed otT 

 for home, having found three yards, out of six 

 visited, badly infested with the vile disease. 



Had time permitted following the otlu'r bees 

 of blacksmith No. 1 to where they had been lo- 

 cated, no doubt tlie trouble would have been 

 found thei'e also. We heard of a case wlieri' a 

 pai-ty having foul brood (extracted his honey 

 and sold it in the grocery where another bought 

 it and fed it to his bees, giving them the dis- 

 ease. One would naturally conclude, also, that 

 foul-broody bees have been passing from one to 

 another around here. I had the unfortunate 

 experience myself, some years ago, of buying 

 these, and know how exceedingly disappoint- 

 ing it may be, especially if no reparation is 

 made, as in my case, and now I appreciate the 

 T'oul -Brood Act. 



Our minister fi'i"nd told us of having set up 

 his son in the buiness, a year or so ago: and 

 how. after he had just started, he got foul 

 brood from liis ui'ighbor which cost him •?400 

 before he had it eradicated. 



Gait, Ont., Can., Sept. 4. R. W. McDonneli,. 



Well done, friend M. Yon certainly did a 

 good thing when you started out on that visit, 

 and a better thing when you ^reported it to 

 Gleanings. Now, if we don't .soon have like 

 inspectors looking over the whole United States. 

 and. in fact, the rest of the worjd. and doing 

 just such effective service as you describe, it 

 will certainly reflect on the bee-keepers of the 

 world. Let us go and do likewise. 



FOUL BEOOD TF AN /^PIARY OF 125 

 COLONIES. 



commenced to work. The strongest received 

 no more, but the weaker ones were fed a few 

 days. The remainder of them I treated less 

 carefully, as I saw they would not woi-k till the 

 honey taken with tiieiii was digested. I trans- 

 ferred all I could each day, brusliing all the 

 bees from tiie combs into the new hives, and 

 placing, the combs into boxes for the purpose, 

 furnished witii sliding covers, and. when full, 

 wheeled into the honey-house. At niglit, all 

 that had been transferred during the day were 

 moved about .50 yards, and given their liberty. 

 As often as the combs and hives became too 

 numerous, the frames and hives were boiled, 

 and the combs made into wax. 



Aftei- the bees were all transferred I used 

 Muth"s remedy, as given in your issue of A B C, 

 1878; viz.. }4 ounce each of salicylic acid and 

 borax, dissolved in 1 pt. of pure soft water, and 

 sprayed the combs. I used this remedy once on 

 each colony, and have effected a complete cure. 



About one year ago I transferred a few stands 

 of bees whicli had foul brood, without the use 

 of ;inv medicine, and they are healthy to-day. 

 If I treat any more bees having foul brood I 

 shall use Muth's remedy, as I think it is a bene- 

 fit to them. I have increased the above apiary 

 to ItK) stands, and taken 7 tons of exti'acted 

 honey. Henry Otto. 



San Jacinto, Cal., Sept. 30. 



THE DISEASE COMPLETELV CrUEr) 1?Y TIIE PLAN 



GIVEN IN THE A B C, BESIDES 7 TONS OF 



HONEY AND AN INCKEASE OF ()5. 



Friend Root: — You may remember thai, in 

 March last. I wrote you in regard to a remedy 

 fo)' foul brood, and yon recommeiuhid th(> last 

 Issue of the A B C, which I pnrcJiased. I have 

 been woi'king an apiary of 1:^5 stands, all of 

 which had foul lirood. I commenced transi'er- 

 ring them about March :?0, using th<' same hives 

 and frames, but first boiling them. After put- 

 ting about \:i stands in clean liives, on 4-in('.h 

 strii)s of foundation, and conlining Ihein :.'4 

 houi's without food, and finding they had done 

 notliing, I gave them }4 i)inteacli of hon<>y taken 

 from the diseased bees, but boiled, when they 



THE niTESNATIONAL BEE-EEEPERS' ASSO- 

 TION. 



WHERE SHALL WE HOLD THE ONE AFTER THE 

 MEETING AT KEOKL'K ? 



The following is the copy of a letter which 

 will explain itself. That I might go ahead un- 

 derstandingly I sent copies of the same to the 

 ex-presidents and other officers of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Association. The letter is as follows: 



At the bee - keepers' convention at Plum 

 Bay. N. Y.. we had a pleasant time. The en- 

 tire shores of the most beautiful Lake Geoi-ge 

 were covered with historic reminiscences. 

 INIountains rise abruptly out of the ^^'ater, and 

 the scenery round about is indescribably beauti- 

 ful. The water is clear— so clear, indeed, that 

 objects can be seen sonu^inu^s forty feet be- 

 neath the surface. At the jioint (Plum Bay) 

 where the be(>-keepers camped. tluM-e is said to 

 be a man-of-war sunk. It lies in a depth of 

 forty feet of water, and yet I am assured that, 

 on favorable days, its hulk can be quite dis- 

 tinctly seen. ■ 



At one end of the lake is Fort William Henry 

 Hotel, on the si)ot of the old fort of that name, 

 and. at the other end, Ticonderoga. Near by 

 are two or three celebrated battlefields. 



T have takeii jiains to mention s<une of the 

 natural attractions of Lake George, and now, 

 then, to mv point : 



Two first-class bee-keepers. Messrs. Andrews 

 and r.ockhart. own several cottages and a con- 

 siderable portion of the shore fjordering on the 

 sonthejist. Tiiev are very anxious that this 

 camii of 1 tee -keepers should be an annual affair, 

 as it is situated l)etween the New Engliind bee- 

 keei)ers and the New York State b(>e-keepers, 

 and is easy of access to some of the most exten- 

 sive be(>-men in tlie world. 



Still further, while we were in canij) this 

 time, we were discussing as to whether this 

 might not be a verv desirable location for the 

 lnt<'rnational I'.ee'-Association. to be held the 

 year after the meeting at Keokuk, Iowa: 

 iiamelv. during the winter of lS<tl-'it'.>. Along 

 with the natural attractions, it is right in the 



