TTIK BEE-KERrERS" REVIEW. 



3i2t 



been awank'd first jire'iniuiii al our Stale 

 Fair. 



TIk' tnalerial for .sudi wax comes only 

 from white comb, capping.s ami ])urr 

 combs, and these are always kept sepa- 

 rate from the old, dark brood combs. 



To render the wax I he:it a boiler half 

 fnll of water, then put in the cappings 

 and burr combs until the boiler is three- 

 fourths fnll, and keep a slow fire until all 

 the wax is di.solved, when the boiler is 

 set ofT. Just before the wax is too cool 

 it is dipped oflF, care beinj^ taken to get 

 no water, and strained throuj^h cheese 

 cloth into tin or earthern ue.ssels that 

 have been moi.stened with honey or 

 water. 



Pr.\trik nr Sac, Wis. Nov. 30, 1S97. 



r.RTTIXr. RID OK KOLL HROOI). 



Hitw tti do ii Wiiiimii Drills. Sliakint; offtiic 

 Bees, or am loss of Their Work. 



M. M. H.A.M)KIDr,K. 



"Diseases, desperate grown, 



By desperate appliance are reliev'd, 

 Or not at n\l."— SHAKESPEARE. 



1 .\M jMJsitive 

 i that I know 

 how ti> <.(et rid of 

 foul-brood in my 

 own apiary and I 

 see no reason why 

 others cannot do 

 likewise. I think 

 my ])lan is so very 

 simple and prac- 

 tical that any bee- 

 kee])er, thouj.ih a 

 novice, can ado])t it, an<l with the best of 

 results. 



In the first place I cage the queen of 

 the diseased colony so as to stop breeding, 

 and then place the caged mother in the 

 top of the hive where the bees can have 

 readv access to her, and likewise so I can 

 get possession of the cage when needed 



and with the least possible disturbance of 

 the hees. 1 then bore a hole — say an 

 inch in diameter. — in the front end of the 

 hive, a few inches above the bottom en- 

 trance, and fa.sten a metal bee-eseape over 

 the hole and on the outside of the hive. 

 I do the foregoing towards sunset and 

 then let the colonv alone until the next 

 morning. 



I now ])repare an empty hive by filling 

 the brood-chamber with a set of frames — 

 less one or two — filled with foutidation 

 or simply narrow strips of the same. I 

 now go to any strong healthy colony and 

 remove one or two combs of brood, with 

 or withoitt the adhering bees, and place 

 the same in the prepared hive. 



I now gently as possible reverse the 

 diseased colony, or turn it end for end, 

 and move it sidewise the width of the 

 hive, or a trifle more, and leave the bee- 

 entrance open — when this is done I then 

 place the prepared hive on the old stand 

 l)ut with its bee-entrance in the opposite 

 direction. This may all be done any 

 titne in the forenoon or when the bees 

 are birsy getting honey from the flowers. 

 The bees will now on their return from 

 work, or play, enter the prepared hive 

 and remain there, and within two or three 

 davs the main force of the matured bees 

 will be transferred to their old location. 



X()w towards sunset blow a few puffs 

 of smoke upon the caged queen, to drive 

 the bees awav from it, and then transfer 

 the queen to the colony in the prepared 

 hive. She may be given her liberty at 

 once and by way of the bee-entrance. 

 Now close the bee-entrance to the dis- 

 eased colony so that no bees can pass in 

 nor out except through the bee-escape, 

 and gentlv reverse the hive again so that 

 bf)th hives will now front the same way. 

 Both hives should now set close together 

 or within an inch or so of each other. 

 From n(nv on all the bees in the diseased 

 colony mu.st pa.ss out or through the bee- 

 escape, and, as they cannot return, the}' 

 must and will go into the prepared hive. 

 In about three weeks all the healthy 

 brood in tlie diseased colony will be 



