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the colonies were mostly very strong, 

 and contained a large amount of brood, 

 and with the thermometer registering 

 daily from 90° to 100- in the shade, 

 what more favorable condition could ex- 

 ist for its appearance if it could exist 

 spontaneously ? 



On page 142 of the Amekican Bee 

 JouKNAL you state that salt will not 

 cure bee-paralysis. No, it will not ; but 

 if you will sprinkle powdered sulphur 

 over the bees and brood once or twice, 

 you will cure it every time, and it ivill 

 remain cured. It must be a very preva- 

 lent disease in your county, if more 

 than two-thirds of the bees have fallen 

 before it during the past three years. 



On page 814 of the Bee Jouknal for 

 1893, you wish you had more photo- 

 graphs of old-time bee-keepers ; so per- 

 haps one from a recent-timo bee-keeper 

 from a foreign clime, maybe acceptable. 

 At least, I trust so. H. L. Jones. 



Queensland, Australia, May 16. 



Friend Jones, I have been thoroughly 

 convinced for some time that foul brood 

 does not originate in any kind of dead 

 or rotten brood, as it has no appetite for 

 such, and cannot start there. It wants 

 live brood to start in, and must have it 

 or it will not start at all. A common 

 filth or air germ will start in dead brood, 

 but a foul brood germ never, as foul 

 brood .germs are not floating about 

 everywhere, unless foul brood is there, 

 too, and must have a germ from the old 

 bucket to start from. 



In regard to the statement concerning 

 bee-paralysis in the U. S., I think you've 

 been badly informed, or the person that 

 imparted to you that information was 

 mistaken. I know it has done damage 

 in some parts of the United States, but 

 I have not seen a case for two years, 

 and none exists in this part of Texas. 

 But I am ever so much obliged for your 

 remedy, and I am sure that those whose 

 bees have it will be proud to know that 

 we have at last found a sure cure, and 

 it will prove a blessing to our country. 

 Will those whose bees have the disease, 

 please try Friend Jones' remedy, and re- 

 port if it will cure the disease in this 

 country ? Some times a remedy will not 

 hold good in all climates. 



Yes, I am very glad indeed to own the 

 photograph of such a bright and intelli- 

 gent young bee-keeper from across the 

 " big pond," and while he may not be 

 such a young bee-keeper, he is compara- 

 tively a young man, and one that his 

 country should be proud of. Accept 

 kind regards and good wishes for the 



success, health and happiness of you 

 and yours in your faraway land. 



Jennie Atchley. 



Bad for Southern California. 



Mks. Atchley : — I am sorry to have 

 such a bad report to make. In the six 

 counties comprising the southern por- 

 tion of California, and the best portion 

 of the State for honey, it is almost a 

 total failure — no honey, the drouth hav- 

 ing cut it off. Then, to add to this, ray 

 bees have the foul brood, and I suppose 

 the dry weather, together with foul 

 brood, will destroy a great many, if not 

 all, of the bees in this community. I 

 am not going to yield to these disap- 

 pointments, but put forth greater en- 

 ergies, and clear away the wreck, and 

 then try again. Jeff Williams. 



Tustin City, Calif., July 15. 



Friend Williams, I am sorry indeed to 

 learn of your sad misfortunes, and trust 

 that you may speedily cure the foul 

 brood, and that you may have 24 inches 

 of rain next wintei*, which will insure 

 you a fair honey crop. 



It seems that our disappointments 

 never come singly, but I think those 

 that bear them bravely, and begin with 

 new zeal, will be the ones that will suc- 

 ceed. I have had several sad disap- 

 pointments for three years, and my loss 

 more than §500 this year. Still, I am 

 hopeful, and am thankful that the hot 

 wave we had on July 2nd was no worse. 

 I wish to thank those friends who have 

 so kindly given us help by sending or- 

 ders for the queens we had left. Bee- 

 keepers are, I believe, the most ready 

 and willing to assist each other of any 

 class. Still I may be partial, but I 

 speak as I feel about it. 



Jennie Atchley. 



Italianizing Bees. 



Mrs. Atchley : — What is the cheap- 

 est and best way to Italianize my bees — 

 80 colonics? Elmer Young. 



Grandview, Texas, July 23. 



Friend Young, it depends upon how 

 you are situated, about which is the 

 cheapest and best way to Italianize your 

 bees. But if you have no other bees 

 near you, it will be the cheapest to get 

 a few good breeding queens, and rear 

 your own queens, especially if you have 

 nothing else to occupy your time; and 

 then you will be likely to get some rea 



