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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL,. 



CONDUCTED BY 



MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY. 



Beeville, Texas. 



Another Remedy for Paralysis. 



Mks. Atchley:— TellMr. L. B. Smith 

 to try this recipe for bee-diarrhea : 



One ounce of carbolic acid, and 8 

 ounces of salt, to 13 pints of water. 



I effectually cured 12 colonies— two 

 with diarrhea, and ten with paralysis — 

 last spring. I sprinkled the tops of the 

 combs and the bottom-boards three times 

 a week. In eight days all symptoms 

 disappeared. I got ray hint from the 

 " American Bee Journal," seeing where 

 the recipe had been successful in pre- 

 venting foul brood. John B. Black. 



Pattonsburg, Mo. 



Friend B., I am glad to have your 

 remedy, and among so many thousand 

 bee-keepers in the world, we surely can 

 find a sure and effective remedy for this 

 dread disease among our pets. Some 

 one that has the chance, try this and 

 report. Jennie Atchley. 



Bee-Keeping in South Texas. 



Mrs. Atchley :— I have been think- 

 ng of going to Texas for some time. Ts 

 there room for more bee-men ? Bees 

 are my most delightful pets. How have 

 you come out in that part of Texas ? Do 

 you like that part better than North 

 Texas ? I wish you would write another 

 article about how you like that part of 

 Texas, and have it published in the 

 "American Bee Journal," for my inter- 

 est and others who are talking about 

 going there. J- H. Bekry. 



Gale's Creek, Oreg. 



Friend Berry, I will inform you that 

 there is plenty of room here, and will be 

 for many years to come. You see Dr. 

 Miller gave me a good lecture lately, 

 and his advice has done me good, as I 

 had not heretofore made my answers 

 as plain as I should. 



Now I do not mean that there is an 

 abundance of room right at Beeville, as 

 we have this territory pretty well 

 stocked. We will have about 1,500 

 colonies here, scattered in different 

 directions, and of course it would not be 

 best for either myself or the other bee- 

 keeper to locate in my territory, but I 

 am the only practical apiarist in this 

 county, or adjoining counties, as far as 

 I know. I mean by "practical," one 

 who gives his or her ivliole attention to 

 bee-culture, and depends upon it for a 

 living entirely. 



But I will say that the counties of 

 Bee, Live Oak, McMulIen, San Porticio, 

 and Goliad can support 50,000 colonies 

 of bees, as there is carload after carload 

 of honey wasting every year for want of 

 bees to gather it. 



I can place 100 bee-keepers in good 

 localities for honey, and not interfere 

 with my territory, or have them crowd 

 each other. 



Yes, I like this country better than 

 North Texas for a bee-country. It is 

 more healthy, drier, and the most pleas- 

 ant country I ever lived in. We can go 

 out and look after our bees any day in 

 the year. It rains but little in the sum- 

 mer, and that is fine for the bees. We 

 have now been here a season, and have 

 all the short cuts noted down, so we can 

 run our bees more profitably another 

 year. We have all the honey-plants 

 down, and can tell you in a few minutes 

 just when to have your bees ready to 

 catch the harvests. Mr. A. and I will 

 take pleasure in locating all who may 

 come to this part of the country to keep 

 bees. We really need 20 more good 

 bee-keepers in this county. 



Jennie Atchley. 



Bee-Eating Birds. 



Mrs. Atchley says they never trouble 

 her bees. Well, if they do not, where 

 did those hundreds of birds come from 

 that passed over here about two weeks 

 after she left Greenville ? They began 

 flying over on Friday evening, about 

 half an hour before sundown. They 

 were very hungry, and passed right 

 through my bee-yard, not over 15 or 20 

 feet high. On Saturday evening hun- 

 dreds more passed over. I was ready 

 for them this time with a shot-gun. The 

 bees were after them, and fighting for 

 life. I could see from one to a lot of 

 bees after each bird. The birds would 

 hide in trees near the yard. 



I learned one thing, and that was, the 



