March 29, 1900. 



AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



205 



more so than others, and then it turns 

 darker and darker, and at last is almost 

 black, after which it dries down to an 

 almost invisible object. It spreads as 

 if by magic, and seems to be very con- 

 tagious. As a rule it makes its appear- 

 ance first among black and hybrid 

 bees, the Italians almost always Being- 

 the last to be affected. Sometimes in 

 our yard a colony of Italians would be 

 free from it, and in a flourishing con- 

 dition, when surrounded by colonies 

 rotten with the disease. Our bees were 

 mostly destroyed to prevent its spread, 

 and even water that we washt our 

 hands in while working with the bees 

 or honey, was not allowed to be thrown 

 where the bees could get it. In spite 

 of all this, over 200 colonies have been 

 destroyed, and many hives and fixtures 

 have been burned. 



I hope and trust that the disease will 

 die this winter, and not make its ap- 

 pearance again in the spring. It has 

 caused many a man to surrender and 

 lose practically all he had in this world 

 to make an honest living. When and 

 where it will stop I can't say, but I 

 trust it has run its time, and will not 

 appear again. 



In killing the bees we used brim- 

 stone, and I wish to call the attention 

 of Editor Root (a friend of mine) to 

 page 122, where he enquires whether 

 sulphur ever enrages bees. It does. 

 We found by experience that in killing 

 bees with sulphur, now and then a few 

 that escape seem to attack a person 

 very readily ; also after having used 

 brimstone in the smoker, and then fill- 

 ing it with fuel, it still has a decided 

 brimstone odor, and bees hate it and 

 show fight at once. 



Our outyards were from 9 to 12 and 

 16 miles from home. The crop was 

 mostly extracted honey. 



With all the disappointments of last 

 season, I shall try the bees again this 

 year, with a view of securing a good 

 crop of honey. P. W. Stahlman. 



Albany Co., N. Y., Feb. 26. 



Bees Breeding in the Cellar. 



I hope a good many will make care- 

 ful observations about breeding and 

 not breeding in the cellar. I feel so 

 sure that accurate work in this line 

 will show that breeding in the cellar 

 causes mischief, and that not to breed 



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