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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



March 9, 1905. 



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wire, and left it undisturbed until fall. Then 

 I found the bees had " moved up ", and a fine 

 swarm they were. They filled a 10-frame hive 

 chock-full. Placing an escape-board upside 

 down on top of the chimney and under the 

 hive, finished the job. 



I used to buy bees in box-hives and transfer 

 them, as per the text-books, but I don't any 

 more; it's too uncertain and expensive. 



Here is the way I got several good colonies 

 just for the trouble, and a beginner could do 

 it just for the experience. 



1 called on a bee-keeping farmer of the old 

 school who I knew used the sulphur-pit 

 method, and in the course of our conversa- 

 tion asked him if he had ever tasted honey 

 without the sulphur flavor. He had not, and 

 became interested when I informed him that 

 if he had no objections I would take the bees 

 home and leave him the old hive with its 

 combs of hooey free from any dead bees, 

 brood, or sulphur gas. All I did was to drum 

 the bees, mark the date, and make a second 

 drumming 21 or 22 days later. The result 

 pleased the farmer. By running one or two 

 of the strongest colonies for extracted honey 

 without the extracting, one is sure of good 

 colonies with good winter stores; and if the 

 transfer is made late, as I transferred one big 

 colony last fall (the first week in November), 

 only one drumming is necessary, using the 

 escape-board and treating the box-hive as a 

 super of honey. 



Next spring, it you want to feed the bees 

 some grist as a substitute for pollen, make an 

 arrangement like this: 



Select a pretty good cast-away hive with a 

 portico, nail a lath across the lower edge of 

 the portico and bottom-board, then nail a 

 board to the back end for a leg to tip the hive 

 to an angle of about 45 degrees; nail a couple 

 of strips across the inside of the bottom-board, 

 make an inch auger-hole near the top of each 

 side, hinge the cover, and your " rabbit- 

 trap " feeder is ready to be set down any- 

 where in the bee-yard, facing the south. 

 Place a little flour in the portico for a starter; 

 then cover the bottom thickly, and you will 

 soon have a bad cse of robbing. The lath 

 on the portico oatL s the waste; the auger- 

 holes are to let the bees out should the en- 

 trance become clogged, and the cover keeps 

 out the rain and fowls or other molefters. 

 Dbr Imker. 



Bees Almost a Failure. 



Bees in this locality have been almost a 

 failure as far as profit is concerned. 



The last two years they have done very 

 poorly, and bee-supplies are so high, and 

 honey so low, it does not pay to keep more 

 bees than enough for our own use. 



Benton Co., Minn., .Jan. 30. E. L. Cook. 



Bees Wintering All Right. 



My bees are in the cellar and are all right 

 so far, but we have very much snow and it is 

 very cold— 30 degrees below zero to-day. 



I think there can not be too many reports 

 and experiences in the American Bee Journal. 

 I always read them first. I have had bees 

 four years, and won't take ?200 for what 1 

 have learned with the bees and in the " Old 

 Reliable". A Farmer. 



Vernon Co., Wis., Feb. 13. 



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Foul Brood and Its Treatment. 



Foul brood has made its appearance in this 

 county, the disease is spreading rapidly, and 

 unless checked soon it will destroy the bee- 

 industry in this locality. 



My own experience is possibly about the 

 same as others here who keep a small number 

 of colonies. 



Last spring I commenced with 10 colonies 

 all fairly strong, owing to the mildness of the 

 preceding winter. During the swarming sea- 

 son my number was increased to 19 hives. 

 Discovering foul brood in one colony I de- 

 stroyed it, but not before its weakness was dis- 

 covered by the bees and the honey carried 

 away. Later, on close examination, I found 

 S colonies infected, all of which had plenty of 

 honey to keep them, and even several sections 

 full in the supers. However, I killed all those 

 bees having foul brood and took the honey, 



