1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



623 



city, who know but very little about 

 how honey is produced, and are suspi- 

 cious, and think that all extracted honey 

 is adulterated, especially so after it be- 

 comes granulated. 



If you have a large crop of extracted 

 honey, I would not advise putting all iu 

 small packages, but put it up that way 

 as fast as you can sell it, and the bal- 

 ance in 160-pound kegs, and send it to 

 the city market to be sold to manufac- 

 turers and the Polish Jew trade ; these 

 two being the largest consumers of 

 honey ouiside of the bottlers. 



We notice a small size glass jar on the 

 market that holds a half-pound of honey. 

 It is quickly filled and simply sealed, so 

 it doesn't leak, as all screw-cap jars do 

 when turned sidewise. These jars cost 

 about 2 cents, and when filled with 

 honey they can be sold at the popular 

 price of 10 cents to the consumer, which 

 is equal to about 15 cents per pound, 

 and sell at wholesale for $L.OO per 

 dozen. For shipping, they come packed 

 two dozen in a raiked case, and make a 

 very attractive shipping-case. 



H. R. Wright. 



Bee-Faralysis — The Sulphur Remedy. 



Regarding "Bacillus Gaytoni," which 

 is the cause of bee-paralysis, Mr. Pop- 

 pleton, page 59.5, refers to his experi- 

 ence with sulphur as a " probation est " 

 for said disease. I would like to suggest 

 a most handy, practical way of applying 

 the same, with the best possible effect 

 attainable, and very simple it is — by 

 using tdc suJj^hur, which is an impalpa- 

 ble powder. Such can be used with 

 great advantage in an ordinary insect 

 powder duster (which can be had at any 

 drugstore for the sum of 10 cents), and 

 dusted on, either at the entrance or 

 blown in on top, between the frames and 

 on the combs. 



The remedy is non-toxic, and what- 

 ever the bees will take up of it would 

 only relieve their bloated condition, by 

 relieving their suffering from costive- 

 ness. Besides this, it looks very reason- 

 able that this very remedy should have 

 some specific action on said disease, as 

 sulphur has long been used in the med- 

 ical practice for a number of diseases of 

 a similar nature in mankind. I refer to 

 diseases of the scalp and the hair follicles 

 proper, where it is caused by a fungus 

 or bacillus. Besides, sulphur is a prin- 

 cipal constituent of the hair. 



Ewlng, Nebr. E. E. Nusslk, M. D. 



Question;) 'Box^ 



In the multitude of counsellors there is 

 safety.— Prov. 11-14. 



When to Unite Colonie§. 



Query 29 — My bees have swarmed so that 

 I have more cctlonies than I waai to keep. 

 Would you advise me to unite them this (all, 

 or next spring ?— Wis. 



J. M. Hambaugh— Unite in the fall. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— I would unite 

 this fall. 



Chas. Dadant&Son — In the fall rather 

 than in the spring. 



G. M. Doollttle— It will cost less in 

 stores and work to unite this fall. 



J. A. Green — If your bees have honey 

 enough and are strong enough in num- 

 bers to go through the winter safely, by 



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all means wait until spring. Perhaps 

 you will not have more than you need 

 then. ^ - ' 



Dr. C. C. Miller — Next spring, unless 

 you're s^ire how many will live over win- 

 ter. 



Emerson T. Abbott— This fall, if at 

 all, and then have the extra combs for 

 spring feeding. 



P. H. Elwood — After making allow- 

 ance for a reasonable loss in wintering, 

 unite in the fall. 



Jas. A. Stone — I would have united 

 them at swarming-time. j^Iu this case, I 

 would unite this fall. 



Prof. A. J. Cook — I have usually 

 united in the fall, but I see advantages 

 iu waiting till spring. 



C. H. Dibbern — I should unite them 

 this fall, in September, as they will con- 

 sume less united than if wintered sep- 

 arately. 



Eugene Secor — If I had more bees 

 than I wanted, and could not sell them, 

 I would extract the honey after killing 

 the bees. 



W. G. Larrabee — If they have plenty 

 of honey, wait until spring. If they are 

 short of honey, and you do not care to 

 feed, unite this fall. 



Wm. McEvoy — Unite all the weakest 

 colonies in the evenings, this fall, and 

 the balance at the beginning of next 

 honey harvest that you find the weakest 

 then. 



E. France — Wait until spring; not 

 likely to be as many then as now. Then 

 if you have more than you want, sell 

 them. Not much gained by uniting 

 strong colonies. 



R. L. Taylor — If each colony has 

 enough stores to winter it safely, f would 

 not unite until next .June, when white 

 clover begins to open. Light and weak 

 colonies should be united as soon as pos- 

 sible this year. 



Mrs. J. N. Heate"- — In the spring, if 

 at all. Your winter losses may reduce 

 your stock as low as you wish to have it, 

 or you may have queenless colonies in 

 the spring that will need to be united 

 with others. 



G. W. Demaree — Why did you permit 

 them to swarm more than you wanted ? 

 You can control swarming by raising the 

 brood above a queen-excluder, if done 

 just before, or just after, the swarm 

 issues. In your case, it is cheapest to 

 do the doubling up in the fall. 



Mrs. L. Harrison — Unite them this 

 fall, and save best queens. Or do as a 

 farmer acquaintance, sulphur them, and 

 put the hives in a room where neither 

 mice nor bees can gain access to them. 

 Is it any more cruel to suffocate bees, 

 than it is to kill the family cow? 



Rev. M. Mahin — By uniting in the 

 fall you will save some honey, as a given 

 number of bees will consume less honey 

 as one colony than as two. But If you 

 are not sure of wintering all your bees, 

 it would be better to wait until spring. 

 Perhaps by the first of May you may not 

 have more than you want. 



J. E. Pond — 1 prefer uniting in the 

 fall, for the reason that I have not 

 found uniting in the spring to be of 

 much value. If I find weak colonies in 

 the spring, I prefer to build them up 

 from strong colonies. It doesn't pay me 

 to unite old colonies in the spring; but 

 by building up at that time, I hare 

 young bees coming along, as would be 

 the case with a strong colony. 



