AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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CONDUCTED BY 



MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY, 



Beeville, Texas. 



Look Out for the Rattle-Trap Man. 



Willie tells me that he met a man a 

 few days ago, down near the coast, with 

 a rattle-trap he called a patent bee-hive; 

 that he had sold "rights" to all the 

 leading bee-keepers in the country ; and 

 that A. I. Root had written him a bar- 

 rel of letters trying to buy the sole right 

 to make his hive, and he would not sell 

 it to him ! When Willie pinned ques- 

 tions close to him, he soon found that 

 the fellow knew nothing of bees, and 

 was a general fraud. He spoke to Willie 

 in the following language : " Young 

 man, do you think you can learn me a 

 d — n thing about bees ?" 

 him at this point, and says, 

 for him ; he is a fraud !" 



Jennie Atckley 



Willie left 

 "Look out 



A Case of' Foul Brood. 



Mrs. Atchley : — I send you a sample 

 of what appears to be foul brood. Will 

 you please inform me if it is, and what 

 to do ? The combs are full of honey. 

 Can the honey be saved by heating? 

 Will bees winter safely on such honey ? 



D. LiNDBECK. 



Bishop Hill, 111., Sept. 10. 



Friend L., the foul brood arrived, and 

 I happened to be at the office myself 

 when it came, and I detected the foul 

 brood by its odor before I opened the 

 box or saw your letter. It is surely foul 

 brood in a bad stage, and I am real 

 sorry for you. Now, in giving advice in 

 such matters, it is necessary to know 

 more of the particulars before an intelli- 

 gent answer can be made. But if you 

 have only a few colonies, I would simply 

 burn lock, stock and barrel, and get 

 some more healthy bees. But if you 

 have a large apiary, or say 20 to 50 

 colonies I would try Mr. McEvoy's cure. 



He is curing it right along in Canada, 

 and I see no reason why you could not 

 cure it in Illinois the same way. Dr. 

 Howard's little foul brood book will give 

 the plan — 25 cents at the Bee Joubnal 

 office. 



I would not like to use the honey at 

 all for feeding bees any more, or for any 

 other purpose. But if you will add one- 

 fourth water, boil it 15 minutes, skim 

 well and strain it, I do not think it 

 would give the bees foul brood, or hurt 

 them in any way, but be careful not to 

 scorch the honey, as burnt food is not 

 good for bees, especially when they are 

 not active or flying. 



Jennie Atchley. 



Non-Swarming' Bees Again. 



Dr. Miller thinks he must have the 

 non-swarmers I classed as being of no 

 account. I did not mean. Doctor, that 

 non-swarmers, on account of poverty, 

 would likely be of no account. It was 

 bees that were prosperous, and in years 

 when we have good honey seasons ; and 

 I do believe that when a race of bees is 

 found that will let a good honey season 

 pass (or come and go), and show no dis- 

 position to swarm, that they will, as a 

 rule, be worthless, because it is against 

 nature, and never will be the case, in my 

 opinion, Jennie Atckley. 



Bee-Keeping in Australia. 



Mrs. Atchley :— " So that we may 

 become acquainted," as some of your 

 American advertisements run, I enclose 

 a newspaper notice of my apiary, 

 and a sketch of my countenance 

 into the bargain. You see I am follow- 

 ing a similar occupation to yours, and as 

 "a fellow feeling make us wondrous 

 kind," as a certain Englishman, yclept 

 William Shakespeare, remarked, I find I 

 entertain that quality towards yourself, 

 and I presume it will not be entirely un- 

 reciprocated. I may also inform you 

 that I am a regular reader of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal and Gleanings— the 

 two leading apicultural papers of your 

 country— and a casual reader of several 

 others. 



From your numerous writings, and 

 dtscriptions of your " new location " by 

 others, I can almost fancy myself at 

 Beeville, witnessing transportation of 

 bees in your covered wagon, and Willie 

 busy forming his queen-cups and trans- 

 ferring larvK, etc. 



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