THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



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the harvest and some few wintering 

 hiA'Cs. 



There was in 1883 constructed 

 by rae a hive-form, now generall}'^ 

 known as "Young's hive." It has 

 16X1 and 16X2 standard frames, 

 German standard measure, and 

 this form of hive seems here to be 

 very suitable. 



In the brood-room there are 16X1 

 standard-frames ; beyond the same 

 in the super 16X2. Here we only 

 use extracted honey. 



With the introduction of "Young's 

 hive," beekeeping seems to have 

 made a very good progress and also 

 therewith that we in June, 1884, 

 formed "The Norwegian beekeep- 

 ers' association." This meets with 

 general sympathy, and its aim is 

 to promote an apiculture suitable 

 for the circumstances. We had 

 no bee-literature here, only some 

 antiquated small work. I there- 

 fore published, in the beginning 

 of this year, a small guidance : 

 Praktisk lommebog i tidsmassig 

 biskjotsel" (Practical Guide for 

 Beekeepers) which I published, 

 using "The Modern Beekeeping." 

 This book has found a very kind 

 acceptation here, and will as I 

 hope promote apiculture here. I 

 take the liberty to send you, Mr. 

 Editor, a copy of my book, in which 

 you will find an explanatory engrav- 

 ing of "Young's hive," which is un- 

 doubtedly a very good wintering 

 hive. 



On the pages 45 and 46 you will 

 also find skeps with" Young's side- 

 supers" behind and beyond. This 

 small side-super is a quite thin bag 

 wherein are 6X1 standard-frames. 

 In these side-supers behind, the 

 bees enter by means of a 

 tunnel in the bottom-board, into 

 the super beyond, through a 3 inch 

 hole in the top of the skeps and the 

 super bottom-board beyond the 

 same. This hole is provided with 

 perforated metal. These side-su- 

 pers have shown themselves very 



suitable and advantageous, and I 

 have found them suitable as transi- 

 tion to frame-hives. 



This winter I try, for the first 

 time, to winter in these and shall 

 be glad, in the coming spring, to 

 let you know the result. We al- 

 ways winter bees on the summer- 

 stands. To preserve the bees 

 against the winter's cold, I use for 

 my small supers double bags of 

 duppel or another thick substance. 



I think your readers have for 

 this time got enough concerning 

 the beekeeping here and I must ask 

 you to be indulgent with the lan- 

 guage. 



Should you after this wish any 

 more, I shall be glad to write you 

 more about our beekeeping. 



IvAR S. Young. 



Christiana, Norioay. 



foul brood in AUSTRALIA. 



Engineer-in- Chief's Office. 

 Mr. S. M. Locke : 



I have received your letter of 

 Aug.l, and am exceedingly obliged 

 to you for the information respect- 

 ing the cause of "foul brood." 

 The answers given in the American 

 Apiculturist were of deep interest 

 to me. Your wish "that Australia 

 may escape the curse of foul brood" 

 cannot be fulfilled, as the disease 

 is prevalent around Adelaide and 

 threatens to seriously injure the 

 beekeeping industry. My hives 

 were attacked at the end of last 

 winter and I attempted to effect a 

 cure by spraj'ing the combs with a 

 solution of salicylic acid. This 

 had little effect and the disease 

 spread rapidly through my apiary. 

 I then adopted Mr. Muth's method 

 of cure, viz., removing the combs 

 and feeding with honey medicated 

 with salicylic acid, and am pleased 

 to say that this was most successful. 



