October, 1914.' 



American Hee Journal 



crop, and this will not take a great 

 amount of capital. But, on the other 

 hand, I am going to plan to increase 

 the next season's crop of honey, and I 

 am now working to that end in every 

 way I can. 



One of myapiarists, when he finished 

 taking otT, packing and shipping his 

 crop of honey, wrote me after taking a 

 few days' vacation, that he thought of 

 taking up a small job until it was time 

 to put the bees up for winter. 1 wrote 

 him at once, " The p^ nic is on us, and 

 the times will be hard before you are 

 aware of it. Keep right on with your 

 apiary work. Stand by the bees, and 

 they will in time stand by you for I 

 have tried it. Your little job will soon 

 be finished, and in the meantime your 

 bees will suffer for want of attention. 

 Go to the bees." Some time afterwards 

 he wrote me that he was requeening 

 nearly all his bees with the best stock, 

 and expected to put them up for win- 

 tering in better shape than he ever 

 had. Our other apiarists will fall in 

 line with him as soon as they can, and 

 no stones will be leltunturned towards 

 this end. 



I have written this as a suggestion 

 to other beekeepers, big or small. 



A Portion of One of tlie Writer's Apiaries 



Where 100 Percent of tncrease 



Was Made this Season 



It will be remembered that I made 

 considerable over 1000 colonies in- 

 crease this season. The picture here 

 shown was a portion of my O'Brien 

 yard where 100 percent increase was 

 made. These hives are of my own 

 manufacture, and are made of cypress 

 lumber throughout, including frames. 

 They are unpainted. I have found this 

 to be by far the most economical ma- 

 terial I can get for hives. 



More About Cypress Lumber for Bee- 

 Hives — Cypress Defies Decay 



"There are numerous cases of undis- 

 puted facts where cypress wood has 

 withstood the test of time for 100 years 

 with little or no repairs. Cypress re- 

 sists decay longer than any other wood, 

 does not warp or shrink, because it 

 contains no rosin, and is adapted to 

 the best uses of paint. It is the best 

 wood known for out-of-door uses, and 

 is preferable for interior work. It is 

 no more costly than other woods, and 

 is many times more durable." 



I can endorse the above statement 

 from my own experience, and as a 

 lumberman for nearly .30 years, I had 

 something to say some time ago, and 

 responses came from a number of bee- 

 keepers, stating that this material had 

 given them better satisfaction than 

 white pine. Also, nearly all the bee- 

 supply manufacturers responded, stat- 

 ing that they had had some experience 

 in working this kind of material into 

 hives and hive parts, and it worked and 

 finished up well, and they were going 

 to use this material more extensively 

 in the future. I have tried it to a finish 

 along by the side of white pine, and it 

 has given far greater satisfaction. 



Part of Wii.der's "O'Brien" Ai-iary 



Conducted by Wesley Foster. Boulder. Colo. 



European Foulbrood in Colorado 



We have been on the lookout for 

 European foulbrood for some time, 

 hoping that it might be kept out en- 

 tirely when it is in the States to the 

 east and west of us. Dr. Phillips has 

 encouraged us with the opinion that it 

 might not visit Colorado because we 

 have no black bees. But European 

 foulbrood has broken out near Paonia 

 in Delta county on the western slope 

 in Colorado. 



So far as known the disease is lim- 

 ited to a district not over three miles 

 in diameter, and the total number of 

 colonies within the area is about 2.50. 

 We will do what we can to stamp it 

 out so that it will not spread farther. 

 Beekeepers are urged to read up and 

 talk with any one who is familiar with 

 this disease, so that if it visits their 

 apiaries they will find it out at the first 

 outbreak. I would especially urge bee- 

 keepers in Montrose, Delta and Mesa 

 counties to be on the lookout. 



The charactertistics that . I first no- 

 ticed were that the larv;e are affected 

 earlier than is the case with American 

 foulbrood. A good fresh case of Euro- 

 pean foulbrood will give a sour odor if 

 you get your nose close to the comb, 

 and it may make you feel just a little 

 sick at the stomach if a good inhala- 

 tion is taken. The description in the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture Bulletin, "The Treatment of Bee 

 Diseases," No. 4!2, if carefully studied, 

 will lead one to make a correct diagno- 

 sis. Weak and queenless colonies 



should be especially watched this fall. 

 Strong colonies that were examined 

 early in September in the affected api- 

 aries in no case showed signs of the 

 disease. 



The Honey Market 



We cannot foresee what the market 

 will be this winter on honey, but comb 

 is in good demand, and the probabili- 

 ties are that the markets will be about 

 bare by the time spring opens. The 

 price on comb honey tends to rise, and 

 the beekeepers should not be in too 

 big a hurry this year to dispose of their 

 crop. About the only concern that 

 n ^ed be felt is to get the honey in comb 

 disposed of before granulation sets in. 

 In this part of the country we can tell 

 pretty well what honey will show early 

 signs of granulation and what will 

 " stand up " a good long time. 



Honey as Hog Feed 



A western beekeeper has reported 

 honey as a great fattener for hogs. It 

 is this way : This party had about 50 

 hives of foulbrood that had to be ren- 

 dered. The foulbrood had materially 

 lessened the honey crop so that there 

 was not much money to buy feed for 

 the growing pigs. .\ few combs were 

 thrown to the pigs, and they went for 

 it with such a relish that it was made a 

 regular diet in the evening so the bees 

 would not be attracted. The pigs 

 cleaned the honey up so well that by 



