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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



In the midst of these operations I 

 received a, copy of the British Bee 

 Journal containing Mr. Cheshire's 

 able paper on"foul brood" and its 

 cure, b}^ the use of phenol. I at 

 once commenced feeding, as di- 

 rected, two diseased colonies and 

 a decided improvement was soon 

 apparent. However, I prefer Mr. 

 Muth's method because the disease 

 is at once stamped out, whereas 

 with Mr. Cheshire's plan a cure is 

 not effected for many weelfs. In 

 cold climates the loss of combs 

 and brood may be a serious thing, 

 but here where brood-rearing is car- 

 ried on all through the year it is a 

 small matter. 



I am curious to see what the 

 American writers on bee culture 

 think of Mr. Cheshire's discovery ; 

 it appears to me to be very valuable. 

 Foul brood has been the cause of 

 the destruction of many colonies in 

 this country, but at the present 

 time, the disease has assumed an 

 epidemic form and is raging in all 

 directions. 



Last September I received direct 

 from Italy a package containing 

 eight Italian queens. On opening 

 the boxes all the queens were found 

 alive, although one died next day. 

 They were cleverly packed and had 

 received no attention from the time 

 of leaving Bologna until I received 

 them (35 days). 



With kind regards, believe me, 

 Yours very truly, 



A. E. Bonnet. 



Adelaide, South Australia, 

 Nov. 15, 1884. 



report from milledgeville, ill. 

 Dear Sir : 



I have taken your excellent jour- 

 nal commencing with the first No. 

 and am well pleased with it. I 

 admire very much your fair way of 

 dealing with all practical questions. 



You also have an excellent corps 

 of contributors who do not have 

 nonsensical hobbies to ride but deal 

 with facts in a practical way. One 

 other matter of great importance 

 that I admire is the gentlemanly 

 way that the discussions are con- 

 ducted. Wrangling discussions and 

 personalities are unpleasant and 

 out of place in any Journal, 

 and the "Apiculturist" has thus far 

 been quite free from such, I am 

 pleased to sa}-. 



We commenced the season after 

 filling spring orders with 80 col- 

 onies of Italian bees (we tolerate 

 no others) and have now 115 colo- 

 nies in winter quarters in good 

 condition. We winter mostly in 

 the cellar which we prefer to any 

 other place after an experience of 

 twenty-four j^ears in this climate, 

 having tried, during that time, all 

 the different modes that looked at 

 all practicable to us. Our crop of 

 surplus honey amounted to 5,200 

 lbs., 2,200 lbs. of which was comb. 

 A few of our colonies were used 

 in rearing queens. The season 

 was below the average with us. I 

 wish you a happy and prosperous 

 New Year. 



Yours, 



F. A. Snell. 



beekeeping in the south. 



Dear Sir : 



Not having time to answer so 

 many individual inquiries regard- 

 ing apiculture in this locality, I 

 thought it best to answer at once 

 to all through the "Apiculturist" 

 (with thy permission). Black bees 

 can be obtained in middle Fla. in 

 cvpressgums also in southern Geor- 

 gia at from $2.00 to $4.00. Fal- 

 coner's or Root's Langstroth hive, 

 with Simplicity upper, costs $3.25 

 complete, at this place. They can 

 be transferred during February. 



