MARCH 15, 1915 



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ihe yovoniiiu'iit has on liaiul at all limes a 

 siii)|)ly of bulletins relating lo this and all 

 lit her subjects of inii)ortance. 



I am sending two pictures of brood- 



frames in an apiary of five colonies, which 

 died of the disease dnripG" the winter pre- 

 vious to our inspection. 

 Winchester, Ind. 



THE WATER TREATMENT FOR GETTING BEES OFF DISEASED COMBS 



BY F. R. M^COT 



Read before the aumial mefliny o] lite 



As soon as foul brood is discovered in any 

 colony of ordinary strength, treat the dis- 

 eased colony at once by placing it in a tank 

 containing a few inches of water. This tank 

 must be perfectly level, and the water deep 

 enough to keep the bees from escaping from 

 the infected hive. 



Take a clean hive, with full sheets of 

 foundation. Place a wire cloth upon the 

 top and put the whole thing upon the top 

 of the diseased hive in such a manner that 

 the bees can readily work up into the clean 

 hive. Finally, put weights on top of the 

 upper hive to keep the lower hive from 

 lloating. 



ronnnonoe pouring water into the tank in 



Idaho IIuiiLi/iirodiicirx' Aa.socialiuii 



a steady stream, small enough so that it will 

 take about twenty minutes for the water to 

 get high enough to force all bees from the 

 diseased lower hive into the clean upper one. 

 Let the water reach the toj) of the lower 

 hive, and no higher. Great care must be 

 taken not to pour in so much as to raise the 

 level above the joint between the lower and 

 upper hive. 



The bees are now off the old combs, and 

 absolutely clean and free from any disease. 

 Have a bottom-board ready on the old loca- 

 tion where the diseased colony stood, and 

 set the clean hive of bees on top. Take the 

 diseased colony or the old hive, and destroy 

 it totally by fire. 



THE VALUE OF THE ADVERTISING DEMONSTRATION 



BY J. L. GRAFF 



There was read at the late convention of 

 beekeepers in Chicago a letter in which the 

 writer ventured the suggestion that if each 

 beekeeper would contribute half a pound of 

 honey or its price toward raising a fund to 

 earn- on a propaganda demonstrating the 

 varied uses of honey in the average home a 

 great deal could be accomi)lisiied in increas- 

 ing the demand. 



T have often wondered why honey itself 

 is not used to tickle Ihe palates of food con- 

 .■^uniers. I notice at the big shows, like the 

 dairy and live-stock shows, other products 

 arc demonstrated in an effective way. Three 

 hundred thousand people attend the Chicago 

 intei-national live-stock show annually. But- 

 ter on crackers advertises the butter. Butter 

 is put into thousands of bags of pop-corn 

 for the same purpose. The manufacturers 



of ketchup make extensive use of the oyster 

 13atty to tempt people to try the condiment. 



If the results that encourage manufactur- 

 ers to stick to such a j^ractice are satisfac- 

 tory for butter and other products, why 

 wouldn't a small spread of honey on a 

 cracker turn people to honey? 

 ' Recently I went into a grocery and dis- 

 covered the proprietor standing on a high 

 ladder. He had a big poster in his hands 

 making ready to tack it up. When he turned 

 it right side out I read the advertisement of 

 Airline honey. It was displayed in a taking 

 way; the bill in itself was attractive, and 

 there was a good catch-line that led the 

 reader to read on. 



Honey can be effectively advertised and 

 demonstrated. The thing to do is to do it. 



riiieago. 111. 



BEE CULTURE TAUGHT AT SCHOOLS 



BY W. C. HICKS 



Inclosed is a picture of a sciiool exhibit 

 at a ti-i-county fair recently held in Cass 

 Lake. This is of interest, as it shows that 

 beekeeping is taught in our schools. This 

 is a new country, just changing from the 

 lumber industry to the agricultural. It 



gives promise of being good bee territory. 

 Our honey-plants ai"e white and alsike clo- 

 ver, wild raspberry, and basswood, with 

 acres and acres of pollen-bearing shiiibs 

 that bloom in early spring. Sweet clover 

 is being introduced. 

 Cass Lake, Minn. 



