1903 



THE AM EN I VAX BEE-KEEPER 



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gave me but little honey; but now the 

 hives are full, and 1,000 to 1,500 gal- 

 lons should be gathered during Febru- 

 ary. Our honey now is all from the 

 coffee, mango and pomarosa trees, 

 which are in full bloom, and the bees 

 are frantically busy. Last month I 

 sent 2,000 gallons of honey in five-gal- 

 lon cans — two in a case — to Hamburg; 

 put on board at 46 cents a gallon. 



With best wishes for yourself and the 

 American Bee-Keeper, I remain, 

 Fraternally yours, 



Dr. J. B. Pons. 



Hallowell, Me., Feb. 2, 1903. 

 American Bee-Keeper: 



I have a hive of bees which I think 

 has pickled brood. The brood seems 

 to die all the way from just before cap- 

 ping the cells until the bee is developed 

 and trying to crawl out of the cell. 

 There is no odor; r.either is it ropy. 

 The "pees remove it after a few days. 

 La5,t August I shook them onto frames 

 of foundation, but left on the sections, 

 and it was just as bad afterwards. The 

 old hive I gave a queen-cell, and just 

 before the queen begun to lay, I put 

 them on foundation, and all was right. 

 What I am anxious to know is whether 

 there is any way that I can save the 



old combs. I will have 16 fine ones, 

 and nine of them heavy with pollen and 

 honey. I can't find anything in rny 

 books or papers that gives me any in- 

 formation in regard to it. The dis- 

 eased colony is wintering finely, so far. 

 Yours truly, 



Albin N. Lehr. 



(It is exceedingly difficult for us to 

 arrive at any definite conclusions as to 

 the cause of ,the pupae dying in the 

 inanner stated; though it is not very 

 improbable that you have correctly 

 diagnosed the trouble. In the event of 

 your being sa,tisfied that the disease is 

 nothing more malignant than pickled 

 brood, we should not hesitate to make 

 use of the combs. It might be prudent, 

 however, to extract the honey and give 

 the combs and remaining pollen a very 

 thorough sun-bath. Tha,t is, expose 

 both sides of the combs to sunshine 

 for a considerable length of time before 

 placing bees upon them. Such treat- 

 ment, we imagine, would tend to 

 cleanse the combs and kill the fungi 

 responsible for the malady. Having 

 such a few combs from infected colo- 

 nies, will enable you to conduct some 

 experiments along this line, which need 

 not be expensive, yet very useful to 

 yourself and others, as well as a source 

 of satisfaction. — Editor). 





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AUSTRALIA. 



Mr. Colbourne, editor of Farm, Bee 

 and Poultry Review, writes me under 

 date Dec. 24, 1902: "Australia has pass- 

 ed through the most severe drouth the 

 white man has ever experienced. In 

 some parts, not 200 miles from me, 

 there are children seven years old, who 

 never saw it rain until a month ago. 

 We have now had good rains, so I 

 hope the old man's drouth has broken 

 nil. This is rather a poor season for 



honey almost all over Australia. I 

 have not been able to extract an ounce 

 as yet. although i,t is nearly mid-sum- 

 mer here now." 



ENGLAND. 



.For the past three years the English 

 government has had some investiga- 

 tions made in India as to whether Apis 

 dorsata was suitable for importation. 

 After carefulK' studying all the reports 



