THE AMERICAN BHB JOURNAL. 



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[For the American Boe Jourual.] 



A Simple Bee-Peeder. 



Having used a feeder for two seasons past, 

 made somewhat on the same principle as that 

 described by Novice in the- xVpril Bee Journal, 

 I send a description of it, thiuliing it may be of 

 use to some of your readers, as it is even more 

 simple and cheaper than his. 



Have a tin tube made, open at both ends, one 

 inch in diameter at the bottom and one and three- 

 eighths at the top, and three iuclies long. Now 

 put two thicknesses of rather close woven linen 

 or cotton over the smaller end ; these should be 

 about four inches square. Then pusli these (the 

 tube with the cloth on them) down through one 

 of the holes in the honey-board, until they will 

 not go any further, and you will have a feeder 

 which will hold plenty of food, for spring feed- 

 ing, at a cost of two cents. To use it, pour your 

 honey or syrup in the top, and it will drain 

 through the cloth, one or two drops at a time, 

 and be taken off clean by the bees, even if the 

 weather is ciuite cool, as they need not leave the 

 cluster to get at it. If you wish to feed heavily, 

 you can put a feeder in each hole in the honey- 

 board, making six to the hive. 



Will Novice please consider his liand inarmly 

 shaken for what he says about our Journal, in 

 the same article. D. M. Worthington. 



Elkridge, Md., April 9, 1870. 



[For the American Bee Journal ] 



Foulbrood. 



I had supposed that my article on foulbrood 

 would wake up Mr. Quinhy, or some one else. 

 Had m}^ colonies all been good lull ones in the 

 spring, or even in the month of June, I might 

 have done as Mr. Quinby has advised on page 

 212 of "Mysteries of Bee-keeping ;" but as m3' 

 stocks were very weak — and all colonies would 

 naturally be when diseased bj' foulbrood — I found 

 it best to destroy hives and all. 



Mr. Quinby desires to know if it was proper to 

 jump at conclusions at first sight. Perhaps it was 

 not ; but then my experience for the next few 

 months satisfied me that I was right. When it 

 was mj opinion that that was the trouble with 

 the bees, why should I not call it foulbrood at 

 first sight? I was no better satisfied one year 

 later that my bees were foulbroody, than I was 

 the first time that I detected that peculiar smell. 



I think I missed it only in one thing, and that 

 was by not destroying the two hives tliat I had 

 purchased, as soon as I discovered that they were 

 diseased. I would then have been only forty dol- 

 lars out of pocket, instead of two hundred, as I 

 ■was one year later. 



If ever I have another case, T shall destroy 

 hives, bees and all, at once ; for I knoic this to be 

 a sure and safe remedy. Mr. Quinby says — " a 

 colony badly diseased in the fall is not in a good 

 condition for winter. Such colonies at this sea- 

 son might as well be destroyed." And so I 

 thought. Consequently I got rid of the bees, dis- 

 ease and all, and made quick work of it. 



When but few colonies are diseased, why not 



destroy them at once, and have done with it? 

 Of what use is it for any bee-keeper to expeii- 

 mcnt with this disease, when all who have been 

 troubled with it meet with the same success, and 

 know that the whole thing must be destroyed, 

 sooner or later. 



To any man who has read all or nearly all that 

 has been written on the subject of bee-culture, and 

 has had as many years experience with bees as I 

 have had, and cannot tell at first sight when his 

 bees are affected with foulbrood, my advice is to 

 give up the business, as he will alwaj'S have to 

 depend upon what others tell him, and can never 

 succeed, and ought not. 



If any of the readers of the Journal are 

 troubled with foulbrood, let them test Mr. Quin- 

 by's remedy and then mine. I believe that nine 

 out of every ten bee-keepers who will try both 

 remedies, will wish they had done as I did in the 

 first place. 



H. Alley. 



WenJuim, Mass. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Bee-keepers Hidebound, and Bee-keepers 

 Liberal. 



Mr. Editor : — I am a careful reader of your 

 valuable Journal. I long to have its numbers 

 come ; and would wish it to come weekly, in- 

 stead of monthly. There is perhaps no one who 

 takes a greater interest in bees than I do, and 

 consequently all the information given by a host 

 of correspondents of such eminent apiarians as 

 grace the columns of your Journal, is duly ap- 

 preciated. The writers belong to that class who 

 are liberal and useful ; who are not afraid to let 

 their light shine. Their long and varied experi- 

 ence is duly regarded by all. There is, however, 

 another class who are more narrow-minded and 

 bigoted. Their selfishness precludes them from 

 going into public print, except when they have 

 some miserable make-sliift, on which they have 

 obtained a patent, and which they wish to pulTinto 

 notice; or when other and more liberal men make 

 improvements and publish them to the world, then 

 they will rush fori h like dogs with sore heads, 

 growling and snapping at everybody, although, 

 there may be no infringement of their rights or 

 claims. If all bee-keepers were as selfish and im- 

 potent, little knowledge indeed would we have. If 

 every little improvement, fancied or real, would 

 have to be patented, and all information withheld 

 and hoarded up for a future volume, to be published 

 for their benefit, little if any good would be the 

 result. I do not discard books, neither do I un- 

 dervalue their use : but this is a progressive age, 

 and books may soon get behind the times. The 

 only remedj'' is in a Jimrnal. Let all good men 

 rally to the work. Let all who take an interest 

 in bee-keeping- send in their communications ; let 

 bee-keeping be made co-operative, let all mu- 

 tually help each other, and raise the standard of 

 bee-keeping to what it ought to be and can be, 

 even if the editor should have to enlarge his 

 Journal again, let it be so. Let each subscriber 

 procure one additional name to "the roll of 

 honor," and all will go well. Let us not follow 



