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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



March 29, 1900 





M Cabbage Seed That Grows 



-,^ Th.-reis co .iouMor ,h ^u mtmentwhen 

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^3P^„ .,. doubt«dlv the purest an I c^rlieflt str ini 

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 ',^~^Jj selei'liofi, both for eatliQe«3 aad pprt 1 

 ■'" '^*^hea.ts. EspeciallvvnluiUe to rairketf, v 

 p,-: .i-n^n. 5<- pkt. ; 15c oz 60c ^ lb ii i 

 a-^"^ >;i..'i() lb., all noglpaii llammond m 

 ^ HanlMh BuUhead \ surt b ad r < t 

 ^ l.ir^'^, Gompaol he lis. Mv v-el iiiif rf 1 

 rS .iiTL-ct from R. Wiboltts Oenmii.. i u r 

 ■> ;iriteeii absolutely true tonamc '-■ci- < it . 

 Lv'iie fpccoshprizeR. PncesajneasaL ^ 



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To get new coetomera to teat my Seeda* I wUl mall my 1900 

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 tree. All the Be«t Seedf» Bulbs, PISiitB, RoBes, Farm 

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■■■^■■■B Our handsome Garden Annual and 

 L %M L L ti'eod Catulocue, or for a 2c stamp, 

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one needs. I sometimes let them swarm 

 and sometimes divide. 



I have been used to bees about Td 

 years. I had a dose of their sharp ends 

 last summer. A swarm settled on a 

 jjost entang-led with grape-vines. I 

 could not brush them oif, so I set the 

 hive and sheet at the bottom of post 

 and g-ave it a kick, and down went the 

 bees, then up and at me. I stept back ; 

 my hat and veil caug-ht on a plum 

 bush, and I should think half the 

 swarm on my head, face, and all over 

 me. I ran and dropt my head in a tub 

 of water, went into the house and got 

 Mrs. White to pull out the stings — 

 about 500 or more on my face, hands, 

 and all over. But I went and hived 

 them afterwards, and it never swelled 

 nor hurt me one bit. The milkman 

 came for milk, and the bees chased him 

 and his horses away ; so you see I must 

 be bee-proof. Henry White. 



Humboldt Co., Iowa, March 21. 



A New York Report— Black Brood. 



The bees are sleeping and the 

 weather is very cold. If I recollect I 

 promist to report the season of 1899, 

 and will now try to do so. 



In the spring of 1899 t^e season 

 opened with all prospects for a good 

 year, but ended just the reverse. 



In February "(1899) I came to this 

 State, with all hopes and expectations 

 of seeing the largest honey crop in the 

 countrj', and took up my quarters with 

 Mr. Frank Boomhower, of Schoharie 

 Count)' — a noted bee-keeper who has 

 produced honey by the tons for years. 

 I expected to engage in the bee-busi- 

 ness as fast as means would permit, 

 but lo. my hopes were like some of 

 those of Rambler's — they were blasted. 

 After arriving at Mr. Boomhower's 

 we began making hives and all neces- 

 sary fixtures to handle a large crop of 

 honey. Over 200 colonies of bees were 

 bought up thru the country from farm- 

 ers, and out-yards establisht, until at 

 least 4S0 colonies had been gathered to 

 our fold. Most of these were in box- 

 hives and on odd-sized frames of every 

 description. After these bees were 

 moved to our yards a picnic began in 

 transferring, which was playwork for 

 us. N. E. Boomhower, the oldest son 

 of F. Boomhower, and myself, trans- 

 ferred as high as 72 colonies a day 

 from these old traps, to an up-to-date 

 hive. No combs were transferred, but 

 the bees were put on full sheets of 

 foundation. All this was done and 

 waiting for the harvest to come. We 

 continued to manufacture extracting- 

 supers, etc., but alas, dry weather set 

 in and buckwheat was a small crop, 

 and the honey crop was also small, 

 only about 18,000 pounds being secured. 

 We were in the heart of that dread- 

 ful disease known as New York bee- 

 disease, or black brood. Many called it 

 foul brood, but some have decided not 

 to call it foul brood, and Dr. Howard 

 has named it black brood. Call it what 

 you will, it is undoubtedly a very de- 

 structive disease, and has wiped out 

 most of the bees in this neighborhood. 

 I never saw foul brood, but from the 

 description this so-called black brood 

 resembles foul brood very much ; it 

 makes its appearance mostly in the un- 

 sealed larva;, and at first it appears to 

 show in the center of the white g'rub a 

 small, yellowish dot on the larva, and 

 finally this larva becomes yellow, some 



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