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it was to find all the brood healthy. 

 Never before did the pearly whiteness 

 of healthy brood look so beautiful. 

 But would the disease appear later ? 

 Then there was the chance of fresh in- 

 fection from diseased colonies on all 

 sides of me, with no foul-brood law to 

 do anything in the way of protection. 



"Tlien came a frost — a killing frost." 

 as already mentioned. Dead brood 

 was found in some colonies. But it 

 lacked the characteristic yellow color 

 of European foul brood. It was noth- 

 ing strange that such a freeze should 

 cause chilled brood. Later on, how- 

 ever, dead brood was found that was 

 unquestionably the result of Ituropean 

 foul brood. Did it originate from seed 

 left from the previous year, or was it 

 introduced afresh from diseased colo- 

 nies in surrounding apiaries ? Dr. 

 Phillips says the disease appears early 

 in the season and later disappears. 

 .\ccording to that it must have been 

 introduced afresh from outside. But I 

 would give quite a bit to be sure on that. 



It may be remembered that last year 

 I began treating the disease by brush- 

 ing upon foundation, nearly all dis- 

 eased colonies being treated in that 

 way, and later on a few were treated 

 by what I supposed was the Alexander 

 treatment, although I unwittingly made 

 a rather serious departure from it, giv- 

 ing a laying queen instead of a virgin 

 queen after about ;i weeks of queen- 

 lessness. I can not tell the proportion 

 of colonies of each kind that showed 

 the disease this year ; but I know that 

 the disease appeared in colonies that 

 had been brushed upon foundation as 

 well as those that had been "Alexan- 

 dered." 



On looking through my book I find 

 that at some time during the season 

 there was found dead brood in 27 dif- 

 ferent hives. How many of these were 

 cases of chilled brood I can not say 

 now. Nearly all, however, were mild 

 cases, only a few bad cells being found 

 in a hive, in some cases only a single 

 cell. Those who have no acquaintance 

 with the disease may wonder how one 

 could easily determine that only a sin- 

 gle cell is to be found in a hive without 

 a great deal of looking. It is an easy 

 matter. That single colored larva 

 stands out so prominently among the 

 great throng that are dressed in pearly 

 white that it will be detected at a 

 glance. 



In most cases where only a few bad 

 cells were found, there was no need of 

 meddling; the bees themselves cleaned 

 up. Some of these were among the 

 strongest colonies, and that they did 

 not specially suffer is shown by the 

 fact that they stored beyond the aver- 

 age in the apiary. And, by the way, 

 the work of the bees at storing shows 

 that the previous terrible season, foul 

 brood and all, had still left the apiary 

 in the finest condition, for I can say 

 deliberately that I think I never before 

 knew such storing up to the 10th of 

 July. The condition of the bees was 

 the best, and the flow of nectar was 

 something wonderful. I was con- 

 fidently expecting the record yield of 

 my life. But there's no resisting long- 

 continued drouth, a drouth so terrible 

 as that of ]!U0, and July luth the bees 

 "struck" after having stored some 70 

 sections per colony, one colony having 



stored 160 sections. But instead of the 

 20,000 sections that I was somewhat 

 counting on, I must be satisfied with 

 some 6000, unless the fall crop helps 

 out a little. 



This year there was not the same 

 desperate need as last year to make 

 earnest effort to stamp out the disease 

 as promptly as possible. Instead of 

 that, all that I did was rather by way of 

 experiment. No case was treated by 

 throwing upon foundation, and in no 

 case, in the few colonies that needed 

 treatment, did I designedly leave them 

 without brood as long as I did last 



year. 1 wanted to know, you know, 

 whether they wouldn't get along with a 

 shorter term of queenlessness. 



As nearly as I can now tell, if a col- 

 ony is reasonably strong this treatment 

 will answer: Remove or destroy the 

 old queen, and at the same time give 

 the colony a virgin less than 21 hours 

 old. That's all ; the bees do the rest. 

 Weak colonies must be united or 

 strengthened. A virgin less than 24 

 hours old needs no caging ; just drop 

 it in the hive. At any rate, that treat- 

 ment has cured, whether the colonies 

 stay cured or not. C. C. Miller. 



Niscellaneous News-Items 



National Program for Albany 



Secretary SchoU has prepared and 

 sent us for publication the full pro- 

 gram for the 41st annual convention of 

 the National Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 to be held in Albany, N. Y., Oct. 12 and 

 13, 1010. 



The many most excellent papers by 

 expert honey-producers from widely 

 scattered pSrts of the country, together 

 with question-box discussions, ought 

 to make the forthcoming convention 

 one long to be remembered for its 

 genuine value to all who attend. 



We had hoped, in this number, to 

 mention quite a number of the leading 

 bee-keepers who expect to be at the 

 Albany convention. Of course, Gen- 

 eral-Manager France will be there; 

 President Huffman, of the Wisconsin 

 .\ssociation, expects to attend ; Morley 

 Pettit, Provincial Apiarist of Ontario, 

 writes us that he fully intends to be 

 there. No doubt there are many who 

 will be unable to know definitely until 

 perhaps only a few days before the 

 convention whether they can attend. 



We believe, however, there is going 

 to be a large attendance, for eastern 

 bee-keepers are good convention-goers, 

 and there are a number within a radius 

 of .500 miles of Albany that, no doubt, 

 will attend, and who will help to make 

 the meeting a memorable one. 



Here is the program as outlined by 

 Secretary Scholl : 



Program of the National Bee-Keepers 

 Convention at Albany. N. Y. 



The National Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will hold its annual convenlion Oct. 12 and 

 H. iQio, in tiie Common Council Chamber in 

 the City Hall of Albany. N. Y. 



There will be s sessions, beginning with 

 the first on Oct. 12th. at 10:30 a.m., with an 

 afternoon and an evening session the same 

 day. and a morning and an afternoon session 

 OP the second day. 



The papers selected are to take up not 

 more than 5 minutes eacli. so that there will 

 be sufficient time for the discussions of the 

 subjects; and also allowing ample time for 

 the " Question-Bo.\." which is to be taken 

 up at the conclusion of the subjects on the 

 regular program at each session. 



October i2th— Morning Session, 10:30 a.m. 



The first session will open with the recep 

 tion of members, paying of dues, and such 

 other matters, so these will not interfere 

 after the regular program is taken up. 



' IJee-Keeping as a Business "— W. B. Cav- 

 anagh. Hebron. Ind. 



■What a Woman Can Do With Bees "- 

 Mrs. S. Wilbur Krey. Sand Lake. Mich. 



October i2th— Afternoon Session, 2 p.m. 



" Comb Honey— from Nectar to Market "— 

 S. D. House, Camillas. N. Y. 



" Extracted Honey— from Nectar to Mar- 

 l{et"-J. L. Byer. Mt. Joy. Ont , Can. 



"Bulk-Comb Honey and Its Future"- 

 Louis H. .Scholl. New Brauntels. Tex. 



"Ripening Honey on the Hives "—W. P. 

 Southworth. Salix, Iowa. 



October i2th— Evening Session. 8 p.m. 



"President's Address"— George W.York, 

 Chicago. 111. 



"Selection in Breeding to Increase the 

 Honey Crop"— Geo. B. Howe, BlacU River. 



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"Co-operation Among Bee-Keepers— Ad- 

 vantages and Procedure"— Frank Rauch fuss, 

 Denver, Colo. 



October 13TH— Morning Session, « a.m. 



" Advertising to Create a Larger Demand 

 for Honey '— F. J. Root. Newark. N. J. 



"Methods of Retailing Honey"— Wesley 

 Foster. Boulder. Colo. 



"Shipping and Grading Honey — H. H. 

 Root. Medina. Ohio. 



"Methods of Rendering Beeswax"— H. R. 

 Boardman, Collins, Ohio. 



October ijth— Afternoon Session. 2 p.m. 



"When and How to Requeen with a Fall 

 Honey-Flow"-F. A. Cyrenius. Oswego, N.Y. 



"Southern Honey- Production - Present 

 Conditions and Future Possibilities —J. J. 

 Wilder. Cordele. Ga. ., 



"Bee-Keeping in Maryland as I See It - 

 N. W. Saunders. State Entomologist. Rock- 

 ville. Md. 



" Question-Box" after each session. 



Louis H. Scholl, Sec. 



New Braumfels, Tex. 



We believe it will be a good thing 

 for all who have any new implement or 

 device that they think would be of in- 

 terest to bee-keepers, to bring it with 

 them to the convention. Some may 

 have fine specimens of either comb 

 or extracted honey that they would 

 like to put on exhibition. No doubt 

 they would have no trouble in dispos- 

 ing' of it in the hotel, if they wish to 

 sell it after the convention. All such 

 exhibits are of great interest at such a 

 gathering. So bring anything inter- 

 esting that you have, and thus do all 

 vou can to make the convention as 

 helpful as possible to all who attend. 



The Hotel Kenmore, near the Union 

 Station in .Albany, will be the head- 

 quarters for the convention. The rates 

 for rooms during the meeting will be 

 $1..50 a day and upward; meals "iO 

 cents, 7") cents and upward. Rooms 

 can be reserved in advance by writing 

 to Hotel Kenmore. Owing to the con- 

 cessions made on the prices of rooms 



