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liVorsIiip In the Wood!«. 



WrlttaiSor the American Bee Journal 



BY E. H. DIEHL. 



LoDK agres since, when Time was yoiingr. 

 Ere prophets spoke or poets sunp. 

 Ere man had used the line or iihinili. 

 Or heard the martial file and drum, 

 God's temples were the shadetl woods. 

 Where met the pious multitudes. 



A countless age has wheeled its fliirht. 

 And brought new stars and worlds to sight ; 

 Primeval man of humble state 

 Assumes a place now with the great ; 

 Yet God still in the forest moves. 

 Because His temples are the groves. 



How sacred were those vast retreats 

 Where worshipper his Savior meets ! 

 With tears, and sighs, and heart-1'olt groans. 

 Saints from their hovels, and from thrones. 

 Implored Jehovah from above. 

 To pity, pardon, save and love. 



With folded hands the people stood 

 In silent prayer — blest attitude ! 

 Or sitting on the verdant ground. 

 Engaged in solemn thoughts, profound ; 

 Or rendered praises to their King, 

 In anthems such as angels sing. 



Blasphemers entered not that wild ! 

 With oaths its haunts were not defiled ; 

 Low drunkards ne'er enjoyed a breeze 

 That played among those holy trees ; 

 But humbly every man and youth 

 Assembled, seeking grace and trutii. 



Whene'er we see the cooling shade 

 Of trees in mountain, glen, or glade. 

 Let all esteem the forests dear— 

 Their grandeur and their use revere : 

 Adore them for their memory past — 

 Adore them, long as time shall last. 

 Leeseburg, Ills. 



Coverings for Broocl-Cliainberiii 

 in the Cellar. 



ircirtcn. ftjr the American Bee Journal 



Querj- 671.— What is the best covering for 

 the brooil-chamber. when the bees aie win- 

 tered in a warm cellar, at a temperature of 

 43° to .oO°. Fahr.?— Wis. 



A wooden cover. — C. H. Dihheiin". 

 I would use burlap. — J. P. H. BuoWN'. 

 The hive-cover, to be sure.— R. L. T.vylou. 

 Some old carpeting, or a bee-quilt. — G. 



M. DOOI.IT1.TE. 



I do not know. I do not winter mj" bees 

 in a cellar.— M. Mahis. 



A piece of carpet or any porous cloth. See 

 in}' answer to Query 669. — G. AV. Dkm.vkee. 



A straw mat, or a cloth, not close fitting. 

 — D.VI>ANT & Sox. 



A tray of timothy or wheat chaff 2 inches 

 deep, is hard to beat. — G L. Tixkeh. 



I am not sure, but I would prefer hard- 

 maple leaves as an absorbent.— -J. M. Ham- 



liAtliU. 



A board or jjorous cloth. I think that the 

 cover is of very little moment ; though I do 

 not like oil-cloth.^A. J. Cook. 



Aporoiis covering of any kind is "tha 

 thiug needful." My practice is to use com- 

 mon sacking. — Wn.i, M. Barsim. 



Whatever they had out-doors. Most of 

 mine have nothing but the regular hive 

 covers, which are made of JjJ-inch boards. — 



C. C. Mii.i.EU. 



I thiuk that tbe temperature (45 to 50 

 degrees) is too high; 88 to 40 degrees is 

 warm enough in any cellar. I prefer en- 

 ameled cloth to anything I have used, but I 

 want it well covered to keep it warm. — H. 



D. Cutting. 



I would cover first, with Indian-head mus- 

 lin, kept up with Hill's device, and then 

 with old woolen carpets, worn underwear, 

 or anything else convenient; top the hives 

 with chaff cushions,— Mus. L. Hahkisox. 



I think that it makes but little difference. 

 I have tried a good many different methods, 

 and I find it just as well to leave the cover 

 on which they had in the summer. — Eigexe 

 Secor. 



I prefer none at all. If mice are bad, use 

 wire-cloth for covers; and if the hives are 

 to be stacked, lay the covers on small nails, 

 so that there will be about }{ of an inch 

 space between the cover board and the 

 hive. — J. M. SiircK. 



I have tried almost everything conceiv- 

 able, and found no difference. Now, I leave 

 the cover glued fast, just as the hives come 

 from the yard— because it is the cheapest. — 

 James Heddox. 



I do not thiuk that any covering is needed 

 if the cellar is dark; "but any covering 

 hand}' can be used — either a tight board, or 

 a burlap quilt. I am speaking now of just 

 the temperature }"ou describe. Give ample 

 room at the entrances. — J. E. PoxD. 



I do not know. If the cellar is dry, any- 

 thing that will keep in the heat will do ; if 

 damp, something that will retain the heat, 

 and let the moisture escape, will be best. 

 My bees wintered siilendidly last winter in 

 a cellar with the temperature at 50 degrees 

 most of the time, with the same quilts on 

 that were used the previous summer.— A. 

 B. Mason. 



There is not much choice. Something 

 porous would lie better than oil-cloth. The 

 temperature should not be so high — cer- 

 tainly not over 4.5 degrees.— The Editor. 



Tlie Origin and Cure of Foul 

 Brood. 



Written fur the American Bee Journal 



Query 67'2.— 1. Is foul brood (7<Hf)<il'r/ in- 

 troduced into a liivc from without'/ 2. Is 

 there any known inre for it. costing lessiin 

 Trouble and expense) than the worth of the 

 diseased bees 'C— Ben Fooled. 



1. I do not know. 2. No.— Wii.i, M. 

 Barxl'm. 



1. Yes. 2. It is very doubtful.— G. M. 



DOOLITTI-E. 



1. Yes, (iln'(i>i.i. 2. I give it up.— A. J. 

 Cook. 



1 and 2. I do not know.— C. H. Diuheun. 



1. Yes. 2. Not where bees are cheaj).- 

 Dadaxt & Sox. 



1. I presume so. 2. That depends.— M. 

 Mahis. 



I do not know. I have not " Beu Fooled " 

 on this <iuestion.— J. M. Shuck. 



1. I do not know. 2. In this I am not 

 posted.— J. M. Hamhvugu. 



I do not know anything about it, thank 

 Fortune.— Eu(;i:ni; Seuok. 



1. I think that it is. 2. Yes. the starva- 

 ' tion plan, if correctly used, will insure suc- 



cess. It is some work, but the bees and 

 queen are worth it. — H. 1). Ci rrixo. 



1. I believe that it is brought from with- 

 out, like small-i)OX, but 1 have had no ex- 

 perience with it. — Mus. L. Haurison. 



1. Wall, Ben, you'll "Ben Fooled'' agin, 

 ef ye don't ijenei'allu believe it is alwaiis 

 so introduced. 2. Yes, Ben. and don't yer 

 let anj- one fool yer agin. — A. B. Masox. 



1. Yes. 2. Yes, there is one way, if the 

 colony is not too much depleted. Put the 

 bees into a clean hive with tbe frames filled 

 with foundation, or with starters (no comb) 

 in the time of a honey-flow. Put no trust 

 in drugs.— R. L. Taylor. 



There has never been any foul lirood near 

 enough to my bees, so that I could have any 

 exi>erience, or even observation with it. 

 From reading, I am persuaded that it 

 usually spreads over the States, from buy- 

 ing bees, queens, etc., from foul broody api- 

 aries; and, once in j-our apiary, it spreads 

 from hive to hive, through the flight of the 

 bees. — James Heddox. 



1. I think so, 2. If most of my bees were 

 foul broody, I should ti-y some of the cures. 

 If only ten in a hundred were diseased, I 

 think'that I should burn up the whole busi- 

 ness.— C. C. Miller. 



1. I believe so. 2. The "starvation 

 cure " in connection with a new, clean hive, 

 as first advised by Moses Qui ubjr, is the only 

 reliable cure yet tried. If this costs more 

 than the worth of the bees, they had better 

 be cremated. Most bee-keepers, I notice, 

 are too humane to burn up their bees. — G. 

 L. Tixker. 



1. It is so said. 2. Melt or burn all combs, 

 boil the frames in pearline, jjaiut the hives 

 inside and out, put the bees on the " hunger 

 cure" in a ventilated liox for 24 or 36 

 hours, then give them a "shower bath" 

 with the Muth salicylic mixture; place them 

 in a clean hive, on clean combs or founda- 

 tion, with plenty of syrup of gi-anulated 

 sugar, and "let "em rip. " — J. P. H. Browx. 



1. It is a?i('((;/.« inti-oduced from without; 

 that is to say, it is not generated in the 

 hive. It may be introduced by feeding in- 

 fected honey; then,of course,the hive would 

 become infected. 2. I do not think that the 

 disease can be eradicated so as to be profit- 

 able. I have had experience, and speak 

 therefrom. — J. E. Pond. 



1. I feel thankful that I know nothing 

 pi-drlirdlly about "foul brood." There 

 never wasa case of foul brood heard of in 

 the blue grass regions of Kentucky, and we 

 do not want it here. I am well acquainted 

 with what has been written on the subject 

 of foul brood, and I am inclined to think 

 that there is a great deal to be learned 

 about the disease yet: so your question is 

 quite pertinent. 2. D. A. Jones' " starva- 

 tion cure " is the only remedy that I would 

 have anv faith in— if I needed a remedy.— 

 G. W. Demaree. 



1. Yes. It is not generated within a hive 

 —it is communicated to the colony by using 

 infected honey, or the bees having come in 

 contact with something so infected. 2. The 

 safest remedy is fire, but transferring the 

 bees to a clean hive and comb foundation, 

 will often help the matter.— The Editor. 



Kxsays on Kxlrat-led Honey. 



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