1908 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



495 



FANCY COMB HONEY^ FROM COLONIES 

 CURED OF FOUL BROOD. 



How to get Rid of the Disease without 

 Sacrificing the Honey Crop. 



BY R. F. HOLTERMANN. 



In connection with this article are shown 

 two engravings of the first-prize honey ex- 

 hibited at the fruit, flower, and honey show 

 at Toronto, and produced by I. A. Thomson, 

 Brittania, Ont. This was also a portion of 

 the honey which was sent by the Ontario 

 Bee-keepers' Association as a Christmas pres- 

 ent to His Majesty King Edward. 



spector for the district. Mr. Sibbald, after 

 his arrival, went carefully through the api- 

 ary, and out of seventy-eight colonies he 

 found eighteen diseased. Mr. Sibbald then 

 told him that, if he liked, he could cure the 

 eighteen, and wait to see whether any dis- 

 ease would develop in the remaining sixty. 

 Or he might treat the entire lot by following 

 a certain plan outlined, and at the same time 

 secure what crop of comb and extracted hon- 

 ey that might be obtained. The plan rec- 

 ommended and carried out was as follows: 



The queens in six of the eighteen diseased 

 colonies were caged, and these six were re- 

 moved to a secluded spot in an orchard. The 

 bees in the remaining twelve were shaken 



FIG. 1.— PART OF THE HONEY SENT BY THE ONTARIO BEE-KEEPERS ASSOCIATION AS A 

 CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO KING EDWARD. 



This honey was produced in sections containing full sheets of foundation fastened with melted wax on the 

 sides and top; % inch space was left between the foundation and the hottom of the section to prevent buckling. 



Incidentally these engravings show that 

 profit may result, even under adverse condi- 

 tions, and also that a foul-brood inspector 

 may make himself very useful by dropping a 

 few words of advice which may not cost any 

 additional time. 



Mr. Thomson, who is a very thorough and 

 intelligent bee-keeper, stated that, on finding 

 foul brood among his bees, he notified the 

 Hon. Nelson Monteith, Minister of Agricul- 

 ture for Ontario, at Toronto, as the law re- 

 quires, and he in turn sent Mr. H. G. Sib- 

 bald, of Claude, Ont., who is foul-brood in- 



upon starters, and the combs of brood and 

 honey were piled two supers deep upon the 

 six hives with caged queens. 



In four days the twelve on starters were 

 again shaken upon full sheets of foundation, 

 and when the comb was nearly completed 

 top stories were given containing full sheets 

 of foundation, and the twelve colonies then 

 run for extracted honey. 



There was left, then, only the six diseased 

 colonies with their queens caged, and with 

 two supers each, containing the old combs of 

 the other twelve. These were treated in ten 



