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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIE ^ 



L'Apioulteuk.— Abbe Baffert found that 

 colonies allowed an unrestricted number of 

 combs, or even an empty space in the hive 

 outside of the brood nest, developed just as 

 well in the spring as others which were con- 

 fined on only as many combs as they could 

 cover by means of a division-board, with 

 more added at intervals. 



For the last two years, according to Abbe 

 Pincot, the Layeus hives of Aube, in France, 

 have yielded neither swarms nor honey, 

 though having as many as 18 frames of 

 brood. (The Layens is a sort of long-idea 

 hive, of twenty to thirty 141^x12 1-5 frames, 

 the longer dimensions of the frames verti- 

 cal.) But a bee-keeper of that region, with 

 90 hives of ten 13x13 frames, averaged 15 

 pounds of honey last year in supers. 



Bienen-Vater.— A new smoker is illus- 

 trated and described by the inventor, A. 

 Zaehringer. The fire-barrel communicates 

 at the top with the middle point of a metal 

 tube a few inches in length, projecting from 

 a hollow rubber ball. The tube is bent at 

 right angles, so that the ball is brought with- 

 in the palm of the hand when the smoker is 

 hooked on the end of the sieve. An opening 

 in the lower part of the fire cup furnishes 

 the draft. It is very light, and cheap, and 

 its main advantage seems to be that both 

 hands are instantly free whenever desired ; 

 in fact, the hand which works the smoker 

 may be holding one end of a frame at the 

 same time. An occasional pressure of the 

 ball, which soon becomes an unconscious 

 habit, keeps the smoke always available. It 

 is said to have good staying qualities. A few 

 accessories transform it to an atomizer, 

 spray pump, and a " powder gun." 



W. Guenther at the Vienna convention 

 brought out the point that in regions of but 

 one flow, and under certain circumstances, 

 hives with large brood nests caused a loss of 

 surplus. From the 4th to the 9th of June 

 last year the flow was good ; then bad weath- 

 er set in, but the queens went right ahead 

 with their work, and in hives without exclu- 

 ders there was swarm after swarm, or a har- 

 vest of bees, but very little honey ; while in 

 hives with a limited brood nest there was a 

 good surplus. In general, it was his experi- 

 ence that an abundant flow checked swarm- 

 ing. According to the ruport in the Bienen- 

 Vater, Guenther did not lay that result to 

 the size of frames employed, but to the size 

 of hives only, expressly stating that this 

 point did not depend on the size of frames. 



Pastor Fulde in treating foul brood first 

 tried formic acid without success ; then 

 added 24 drops of lysol and 4 drops of car- 

 bolic acid to every ten pounds of feed or six 

 pounds of sugar, and gave a soup-plate full 

 to colonies of average size, varying the 

 amount according to strength. In three 

 weeks there was not a trace of the disease, 

 and swarming regularly continued. A dearth 

 of honey ensued, and hail storms weakened 

 his colonies. He therefore continued the 

 treatment, fearing a return of foul brood, 

 but it did not reappear. 



Lysol is a patented article, manufactured 

 by a firm in Hamburg, Germany, and ex- 

 ported to other countries, retailing in Den- 

 ver for 75 cents per bottle of 100 grammes, 

 about 3I4 ounces. It is composed of the 

 antiseptic elements of tar, is said to be com- 

 pletely soluble in water, and not injurious to 

 the human organism. 



The Vienna Central Association of Bee- 

 Keepera consists of 2,595 members, of which 

 2,175 are members of 75 branch associations. 

 Each member pays a fiorin (nearly half a 

 dollar) yearly, and receives the organ of the 

 association, the Bienen- Vater free. Through 

 these dues, and subsidies from the agricul- 

 tural and trade bureaus, and other sources, 

 its finances are in a flourishing condition. 

 Last year the income was about $2,700, of 

 which about $1,275 was dues and $900 gov- 

 ernment subsidies. It employs these means 

 for publishing the Bienen-Vater, for con- 

 vention expenses, and apricultural exhibi- 

 tions in connection therewith, for traveling 

 lecturers on apiculture (of which three were 

 employed last year), for premiums for the 

 best articles on chosen apicultural subjects, 

 and in aiding the branch associations with 

 hives, implements, and bee literature. 



Abvada, Colo. April 29, 1895. 



Bee-Keepers' Review. 



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