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before storing in the sections ? In the second place, with bait combs I don't think 

 I ever knew the bees to crowd the brood-nest before starting above. 



But aside from all other considerations, I want the surplus apartment detached 

 from the lower story by a space of clean wood with no braces or burrs, just because 

 I feel quite sure the sections will be a little whiter for it. The closer the section is 

 to a black brood-comb or brace-comb, the more black wax I find on the section. 



High Ideals. — It's a good plan to have a high ideal, and Ben There would 

 probably make better work for the high ideal he has set for himself on page 272. I 

 fancy, however, I can see a quiet smile creep over the faces of the veterans as they 

 read, and a remark something like this may come from some of them : "Young man, 

 that's all right for a tenderfoot, but if ever you get fairly into the work, trying to 

 get enough honey to swap for your bread and butter, some of your views will undergo 

 modifications." 



For instance, I'm quite sure you'd modify your idea as to having 36 square feet 

 of ground occupied by each hive, when you learn that you can have them more con- 

 venient for yourself, and with less danger of the bees getting into the wrong hive 

 by using only one-third of the ground per hive. But it's a good plan to have high 

 aims, Benjamin. Marengo, 111. 



[*Doctor, Miss Godfrey pleads " not quilty " to " giving free rein to a woman's 

 taste," in the matter you refer to. No, " ye editor " must take all the blame this 

 time, for he thought it would be a nice change to have this department set in differ- 

 ent style from the rest of the Bee Jourxal. Guess you'll like it all right when you 

 " get used to it." 



By the way, we might say for the information of the rest of our readers, that 

 Miss Mattie C. Godfrey is the lady that sets up nearly all the type for the Bee Jour- 

 nal, each week. She has done this work continuously for over 11 years, or ever 

 since January, 1883, so that now she feels quite well acquainted with at least the 

 names of all who write anything for these pages. Miss Godfrey is one of the few 

 women that are " worth their weight in gold." Now, we don't want any frisky 

 young fellow to come " snooping around " here, for he'd have to be unusually per- 

 fect to receive anything from her except a firm " No !" for an answer. — Editor.] 



MORH ABOUX BHB-PARAI^YSIS. 



BY ADRIAN GETAZ. 



I must say positively and emphatically that Prof. Cook is mistaken when he 

 says that feeding will cure bee-paralysis. The disease is in all the apiaries of this 

 section of the country, more or less ; and has been in mine since I bought my first 

 bees. It has shown itself as well in fed colonies as in others, and often in strong, 

 well-provisioned colonies as much as in weaker ones. 



It is early in the spring that the malady is the worst. It is shown by a large 

 number, often the majority of bees, being black, or rather hairless and shiny, as if 

 they had been polished. At the same time they are sluggish, and as if half-para- 

 lyzed in their movements. Those in which the disease is less advanced, show it by 

 uneasiness, frequent .scratching and twisting of their wings and legs, as if they 

 were itching. As the season advances, the old, shiny bees gradually die out, brood- 

 rearing increases, young bees are born by the thousand, more or less diseased ; but 

 in all cases not so much as the old ones, or at least they do not show it so much. 

 Later on the number of young and healthy, or at least comparatively healthy bees 

 increase considerably, and the management of the hive, if I may use that term, falls 

 into their hands. They soon realize that something is wrong with the old bees, and 

 proceed at once to throw them out of the hive. This, in this locality, and with the 



