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THE BEE-KEEPERS REVIE)/» 



else heat or some disinfectant be applied. 

 By the way, there is a cheap, easy and 

 effective way of disinfecting a hive; the 

 trouble and expense is so slight that, con- 

 sidesing that foul brood has developed in 

 hives that have not been disinfected, it 

 would seem there would be little excuse for 

 neglecting it. I have reference to painting 

 them on the inside with kerosene oil, or 

 coal oil, as it is called in some parts of the 

 country, and setting fire to the oil. This 

 scorches a coating on the inside of the hive 

 and certainly destroys all germs of foul 

 brood. 



It will not answer to shake the bees of a 

 foul broody colony upon drawn combs and 

 expect that there will be no further traces 

 of the disease. The difficulty is that the 

 bees store in the combs the contaminated 

 honey that they have brought with them in 

 their honey sacs, and this honey may re- 

 main in the combs until brood is developed 

 and then be used in feeding the brood, and 

 foul brood is the result. The idea is to be 

 sure that the bees have consumed this hon- 

 ey before there is any brood developed. If 

 they are compelled to build comb, the hon- 

 ey will be used up in wax secretion. When 

 given comb foundation the question is, will 

 the foundation be drawn out sotn enough to 

 receive some of the contaminated honey ? 

 Perhaps this depends upon the temperature. 

 the populousness of the colony and the hon- 

 ey flow. Mr. R. L. Taylor who had charge 

 of the Michigan Bee Experiment Station, 

 has cured probably 100 cases of foul brood 

 in his yard, doing the work at different 

 seasons and different years, and he says that 

 while he would not like to say positively 

 that the shaking of the bees upon sheets of 

 foundation would always result in getting 

 rid of the disease, he has found no neces- 

 sity for compelling the bees to build combs 

 from starters only, and then to cnt out the-e 

 combs before giving foundation. He looks 

 upon it as so inucli time wasted. Right 

 here, however, comes in another i>oinl. It 

 often hai)peiis that during a good honey 

 flow, the honey that the bees carry with 

 them might not contain any germs of the 

 disease. At least, I supi)Ose thi«t this mi ',ht 

 be the case. It is well known that foul 

 brood often practically disappears during a 

 good honey tlow, and then reappears again 

 when the old infected honey is again used 

 as food for the brood. Bees sliaken off 

 during one of these good flows of honey 

 would probably have no infected honey in 



their sacs. It looks as though Mr. McEvoy 

 was careless in not disinfecting the hives, 

 while it seems as though he went to the 

 other extreme in compelling the bees to 

 build combs for four days before giving 

 them foundation. Disinfecting the hives 

 and keeping the bees building combs for 

 four days before giving the foundation, 

 may both be unnecessary in most cases, but 

 neither can do any harm except that the 

 labor of a good colony for four days is 

 sometimes worth something. 



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1 have at last succeeded in buying all the bees 

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 Italian (jnoeiiH. I have had over twenty years" 

 nxporiciice in breeding and experimenting with 

 Italian (piepnsand bees, and 1 now breed "for 

 business" from my own importations. Poor 

 stock is cost ly as a gift. 



One colony of Italians in single story, S-frame, 

 I). T. hive, $(5.00; 5 colonies, $27.50 ; 10 colonies, 

 $.50. 00; one frame nucleus, $1.00; two frame, 

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 the above. During March and April, one tested 

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 for $7 .50; select tested, $2 .50. ITntpsted (jueens 

 as earl v as tlic soason will permit of their hoins 

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JOHN AA. DAVIS, 



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