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AMERICAN BEE JOURMAi^. 



among Friend Golden's valuable items 

 he says: "We cannot see why the 

 American Bee Journal should not find 

 a place in every bee-keeper's home (who 

 is able to take it) with its valuable in- 

 formation," etc. I say, where is there a 

 bee-keeper in this broad land, even if he 

 keeps but two or three colonies, who is 

 able not to take it? I am but a novice in 

 bee-keeping, having bought my bees to 

 start with two years ago last July, but I 

 w^ould not do without the American 

 Bee Journal, even if its price should 

 be raised to ^1.50, as suggested by Mr. 

 Hutchinson on page 297. In fact, the 

 departments of either Dr. C. C. Miller or 

 Mrs. Jennie Atchley are worth more to 

 me than the subscription if it were raised 

 to $2.00 per year. Scott LaMont. 

 Jarrett, Minn., Sept. 6. 



An Eflfective Little Sermon. 



Last February I started with the 

 American Bee Journal, and since that 

 it's about all I read, and can hardly wait 

 from one week to the other for it. After 

 reading the editorial on page 295, re- 

 ferring to Dr. Miller's comments on page 

 311 of the same Bee Journal, my next 

 move was to read what the Doctor calls 

 a little sermon, and its a good one for 

 me. I thank him very much for taking 

 such an interest in the secretaries, and 

 I hope that more secretaries besides my- 

 self gained by the sermon. Hereafter I 

 will try to do a little more condensing, 

 and then I hope to hear from the Doctor 

 again. J. C. Knoll. 



Glenwood Park, .Nebr. 



Wet Weather and Ants. 



We live in the borders of the Brazos, 

 or " Cross-timbers," and near enough to 

 the (jrUif of Mexico to hear the breakers. 

 I think you will be interested to know 

 that we have had a very poor honey sea- 

 son here, because of the unusunlLy wet 

 weatlicr. Our "dried out " friends would 

 have been more than welcome to two- 

 thirds of our rain the past summer. Here 

 the driest seasons are tlie best for honey. 



Though this is my first year with beos 

 here, yet it is long enough to learn what 

 a pest ants are. There were thousands of 

 them in the honey-house. If a frame 

 containing eggs was set down for a few 

 moments, the eggs were all removed. If 

 young bees fell to the floor, they were 

 immediately attacked and killed in a 

 very short time, and a drop of honey 

 would be covered with ants. 



I discovered that many of the nests 



were in loose earth raised on top of the 

 ground. I took a pail of water and an 

 old ax, and made a mud-and-ant pie 

 wherever a nest could be found. I as- 

 sure you the mixing was not slighted. 

 That was over two months ago, and I 

 have not been bothered since. 



Before ridding them out, I found it 

 necessary to place some hives on a plat- 

 form, letting the hives rest on four 

 blocks, about 1-inch cubes, and the 

 blocks surrounded with pyrethrum or 

 insect powder. I have since heard of a 

 bee-keeper who pours coal-oil in the 

 nests to drive them off. When ants 

 entered a hive under the cover, I found 

 that a light dusting of pyrethrum on the 

 edge of the hive would keep them away. 

 T. J. Adams. 



Velasco. Tex., Sept. 8. 



Sulphur Cure for Paralysis, Etc. 



I have noticed a good many inquiries 

 in the bee-papers about the sulphur cure 

 for bee-paralysis, and therefore I will 

 give my experience with it. 



Last summer I had a colony affected 

 with this disease, whose queen came 

 from the North. The queen was a good 

 layer and seemed to be all right, but as 

 soon as they would gain in strength they 

 would begin to die off, until there were 

 not more than enough to supply and 

 take care of the brood-nest. It aggra- 

 vated me very much to look on these 

 Italian bees, I expected more of them, 

 and didn't get anything, while I had 30 

 colonies of black beos in healthy condi- 

 tion that were storing in the supers 

 right along. I tried the salt cure several 

 times with no effect. I also moved them 

 into a new hive with frames of founda- 

 tion, but it did not help any, either. I 

 was so disgusted that I had" a good no- 

 tion to burn them, and I would, too, if 

 it had not been for an item in the Amer- 

 ican Bee Journal, telling about the 

 sulphur cure. I went to work and took 

 out each frame, at the time, and sprink- 

 led it well with fine dry sulphur. I then 

 threw some down at the entrance, and 

 the rest on the ground around the hive, 

 with the most satisfactory results, as I 

 have not had any more bee-paralysis in 

 my apiary since. 



Bees have done fairly well in this sec- 

 tion this year. From 30 colonies I ex- 

 tracted 600 pounds, and had about 40 

 swarms. I did not extract until after 

 all the honey-flows were past. I have 

 51 colonies in good condition now. 



Leonard Lundquist. 



Upsala, Fla., Sept. 7. 



