Published Monthly by The W. T. Falconer Mfg. Co. 



Vol. XII 



MAY 1902 



No. 5 



HEART OF THE SPRINGTIME. 



There is bloom upon the orchard 



And the birds with joy are singing; 

 Fragrance rare upon the breezes 



And the bees 'mid sweetness winging; 

 Meadows soft and green, inviting, 



With their carpets of rank clover. 

 And sweet May has flung her mantle 



Of delight the broad fields over. 



Sunny dandelions springing 



From the meadows, bright and yellow, 

 Like a million suns a-shining 



With a glow subdued and mellow; 

 And upon the meadow's bosom, 



Resting close, in sweet confusion, 

 Modest violets are scattered 



In a prodigal profusion. 



From the mountain spicy odors 



On the vagrant breezes floating; 

 And the distance softened ditties 



Of the pigeons' happy gloating; 

 Through the vale the rippling music 



Of the brook, aye winding, turning. 

 As it hurries to the river 



With its eager Ocean yearning. 



Everywhere are hope's sweet tokens — 



Promises of autumn's reaping; 

 Fruitfulness in bloom and beauty 



Waking from its winter sleeping. 

 And we yield to May our homage 



With a grateful heart and willing 

 For the pleasures that her bounty 



In the lap of spring is spilling. 



— Selected. 



FOUL BROOD. 



Somethins of the Characteristics and Treatment 



of the Disease— Drugs for Foul Brood and 



Paralysis. 



(By Adrian Getaz.) 



MR. TENOUILLET, president of 

 the Agricultural Society of 

 Haute, Savoie, France, read a 

 paper concerning the methods of curing 

 foul-brood. Among others he gives the 

 following remedies: 



Formic Acid. — Pour into the cells of 

 an empty comb, on one side only, a 

 mixture of ten grams of formic acid 

 and 90 grams of water. Place two 

 combs thus prepared in the diseased 

 colony, one on each side of the brood- 

 nest. Renew every eight days. The 

 bees may also be fed with a syrup of 

 sugar or honey to which the same mix- 

 ture has been added in proportion, a 

 spoonful to every liter of syrup. 



Essence of eucalyptus. — Put some in 

 a small box and place it in the hive. 

 This essence evaporates easily, and the 

 vapors will reach everywhere in the hive 

 and destroy the bacilli. A cover of wire- 

 cloth should be placed on the box to 

 prevent the bees from drowning in it. 

 Feed the colony also with a syrup to 

 which a little solution of essence has 

 been added. One-tenth of essence to 

 nine-tenths of pure alcohol. A spoon- 

 ful of the mixture to every liter of 

 syrup. 



Naphtol B. — To be used as feed. To 

 every liter of syrup add one-third gram 

 of naphtol dissolved into one gram of 

 alcohol. Keep on as long as neces- 



