July 6, 1905 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



469 



said to have the largest number of $10,000 

 residences of any city in the West. That 

 seemed a large saying, but as Mr. Kretchmer 

 drove us up and down its delightfully shaded 

 hills adorned with beautiful homes, we could 

 but believe it was very near the truth. The 



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buildings are all kept well painted, with door- 

 yards nicely mown and tidied up. Red Oak 

 certainly is a model residence place. And its 

 people appear to take much pride in keeping 

 up a thrifty and home-like appearance, which 

 indicates prosperity and success. 



By the way. Red Oak has a "curfew 

 whistle " at 9 p m., instead of ringing a bell at 

 that time for the children to go home. It is 

 the whistle connected with the electric power 

 and lighting plant which runs day and night. 



We hope to visit Red Oak again some time. 

 It is in itself an inspiration, and makes one 

 feel like wanting to go there again. 



Mr. W. P. Just, editor of the Sauk County 

 (Wis.) News, called at this office June 34. 

 Mr. Just is also a bee-keeper, and takes great 

 interest in everything relating to the busy bee. 



Colorado Pair Apiarian Exhibit. — 



Mr. Frank Rauchfuss, 1440 Market St., Den- 

 ver, Colo., superintendent of the Apiary 

 Department of the Colorado State Fair, to be 



held at Pueblo, Sept. 11 to 15 inclusive, sends 



us a copy of the list of apiarian premiums 



offered, which are as follows : 



1st 2d 3d 



Italian bees and queen in 

 single-comb observatory 

 hives $ 8 00 $5 00 $3 00 



Carniolan bees and queen 

 in single-comb observa- 

 tory hives 8 00 5 00 3 00 



Caucasian bees and queen 

 in single-comb observa- 

 tory hives 8 00 5 00 3 00 



Largest and best display of 

 bees ol various races in 

 observatory hives 10 00 6 00 4 00 



Largest display of queens 

 of various races in mail- 

 ing-cages 5 00 3 00 2 00 



Best case of white comb 

 honey 3 00 2 00 1 00 



Best case of light amber 

 comb honey 2 50 150 100 



Best and largest display of 

 comb honey 10 00 6 00 4 00 



Best display of special de- 

 signs 3 00 2 00 1 00 



Best dozen jars of white ex- 

 tracted honey 3 50 1 50 1 00 



Best dozen jars of light 

 amber extracted honey.. 3 00 1 50 50 



Best and largest display of 

 extracted honey 8 00 5 00 3 00 



Best display of extracted 

 honey in granulated form 3 00 2 00 1 00 



Best 10 pounds of yellow 

 beeswax 2 00 1 00 50 



Best and largest display of 

 beeswax 5 00 3 00 2 00 



Best display of special de- 

 signs in beeswax 3 00 2 00 100 



Best display of honey-pro- 

 ducing plants, mounted. 3 00 3 00 1 00 

 Best display of fruits pre- 

 served in honey 3 00 2 00 100 



Most instructive display of 

 apiarian products and of 

 the various uses made of 

 honey and beeswax 20 00 10 00 5 00 



All honey and beeswax must be Colorado 

 products. 



Mr. J. A. Green is the assistant superin- 

 tendent. Surely Messrs. Rauchfuss and Green 

 should be able to get together a great apiarian 

 exhibit if anybody could, for there are not 

 two abler bee-keepers and general hustlers in 

 all beedom. 



Mr. Rauchfuss says: "We have now a 

 larger list and better premiums than formerly, 

 and hope to have a larger display than ever." 



The way to keep up a good and liberal 

 premium list is for honey-producers to show 

 their appreciation by making a big display. 

 And Colorado bee-keepers know how to do 

 it, too. Write Mr. Rauchfuss for any further 

 desired information. 



Mr. Pranli G. Odell, of Lancaster Co., 

 Nebr., was a caller at our office recently. He 

 has about 20 colonies of bees, and intends to 

 increase to perhaps 100, then make a specialty 

 of queen-rearing. In fact, he has already be- 

 gun the work. And he will succeed. 



Rev. A. R. Seaman, of Fayette Co., Pa., 

 dropped in to see us June 24. He has about 

 40 colonies of bees, and is located in the great 

 iron manufacturing region where there is a 

 good deal of smoke and dust that is not con- 

 ducive to the growth of honey-plants. 



Mr. E. B. Gladish, secretary of the 

 Leahy Mfg. Co., of Lafayette Co., Mo., wrote 

 us June 20 : " The honey crop has been good 

 here locally so far this season. We had a 

 nice rain to-day." 



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How to Treat Foul Brood by the Baldridge 

 Plan 



BY M. M. BALDRIDGE 



THE Baldridge plan of treating a foul-broody colony suc- 

 cessfully is as follows : 



1st. Open the hive of the diseased colony and cagi) the 

 queen. The best time to do this is late in the afternoon or 

 near sunset. Place the caged queen in the top of the foul- 

 broody hive, and where the cage can be got at with as little 

 trouble as possible. 



2d. Bore a small hole — about one inch in diameter — in 

 the front end of the foul-broody hive a few inches above' the 

 regular entrance, and fasten over it on the outside of the 

 hive a Porter bee-escape. After the bees are through flying 

 for the day turn the foul- broody hive half way around so the 

 bee-entrance will face the opposite direction. 



3d. Now go to some healthy colony and select one or two 

 combs of brood well covered with bees, and place them in an 

 empty hive and fill this hive with empty combs, frames of 

 comb foundation, or empty frames, and set this hive on the 

 stand of the diseased colony. The rear ends of both hives 

 will now touch each other, or they may be a few inches ajuirt. 

 Now leave the hive thus say 2, 3 or 4 days, or long enougli for 

 the outdoor workers in the foul-broody colony to return to 

 their old location. This they will do, of course, and they will 

 then remain in the new hive having one or two combs of 

 healthy brood. 



4th. Near sunset of the second or third day take the caged 



queen away from the diseased colony and simply let her run 

 into the entrance of the new hive. 



Sth. Now close the regular entrance of the foul-broody 

 hive and all other exits except the one through the bee- 

 escape. Then gently place this hive by the side of the new 

 hive and close to each other, the closer the better, with both 

 fronts facing the same way. Thereafter the bees that hatch 

 or fly out of the diseased colony must pass through or out of 

 the bee-escape, and as they can not return they must and will 

 go into the new hive. By this means the new hive, in the 

 course of 3 or 4 weeks, will secure all, or nearly all, the bees 

 and brood that were in the diseased colony, and during this 

 time, or for any length of time thereafter, no robber bees can 

 gain entrance thereto and carry away any diseased honey. 



This plan of treating foul-broody colonies prevents all 

 loss in bees, brood, honey, or the building of new combs, and 

 is a simple and practical way of treating the disease. In some 

 respects the plan is afar better one than any other I have 

 seen described. 



My plan may be carried out in divers ways, but it is not 

 always best to describe such and thereby confuse the reader. 

 The entire plan is based upon the well-known fact that foul 

 brood is a germ disease, and that the germs may be taken 

 into a new hive by the bees tilling their bodies with the dis- 

 eased honey deposited in the foul-broody hive. The disease 

 may likewise be taken into the new hive by the nurse-bees. 

 My plan does away with all such danger, for when the dis- 

 eased colony is left undisturbed over night the bees re-deposit 

 all their honey, and on going out to work the following day 

 they go out with empty bodies and return with healthy honey. 

 All the nurse-bees will remain in the diseased colony, and be- 

 fore they pass out of their hive through the bee-escape all 

 germs in their bodies will have been disposed of in nursing 

 the uncapped brood in the foul-broody colony. 



My plan of treating foul brood is not exactly a new plan, 

 as it was outlined by me in 1897, page 333, in the Bee-Keepers' 

 Review. Since that date I have treated a number of foul- 

 broody colonies by my plan, and always with good success. 1 

 am advised that others have done likewise. 



Kane Co., Ills., June 20. 



