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THE AMERICAN APIGULTURIST. 



San Francisco, Cal. 

 Extracted honey varies from 12 to 

 13 pounds. Sliould consider 12 lbs. 

 the standard wei<i;ht to which honey 

 should be brought by curing. 



Stearns & Smith. 



Kansas Citi/, Mo. 

 Honey varies from 10^ lbs. to 12.^ the 

 average being about 111 lbs.; siiould 

 consider 12 lbs. as a fair standard. 



Extracted honey, I think, expands 

 in body a little by warmth. Honey 

 weighing less than 1 1 lbs. I consider 

 unmerchantable. 



Jkrome Twichkll. 



Boston, 3Iass. 

 Honey varies from 12 to 13 lbs. 

 Should consider 12 lbs a good average. 

 Blakk & Ripley. 

 Cleveland, 0. 

 Extracted honey varies from 11 to 

 12 lbs. We should consider 12 lbs. a 

 good average. The thickest sugar 

 syrup we have ever weighed was 11 

 lbs. If honey is pure and free from 

 sugar it weighs 12 lbs. when fully 

 ripe. We have personally tested this 

 time and again. 



A. C. Kendal. 



St. Louis, Mo. 

 Honey in this market averages lOi 

 lbs. per gallon, and varies from 10 to 

 12 lbs. Should consider 10^ lbs. a 

 good standard. 



W. T. Anderson & Co. 



Ed. Am. Apiculturist : 



I AM a novice in beekeeping, and 

 would like to ask a few questions. 



1. When sulphur is used to destroy 

 moth in combs does the sulphur render 

 the bee-bread unlit food for young 

 bees? 



2. Has any one within your know- 

 ledge experimented with naphthaline, 

 as a means of quieting bees? In tiie 

 Gardener's Monthly for August, 1884, 

 I find an article written by Dr. Thomas 

 Taylor, in which this paragraph occurs : 

 "Honey bees in the hive may be anaes- 

 thetized by placing about an ounce of 

 pure white powder of naphthaline on 

 the floor of the hive, and carefully 

 watching the effects of the napthaline 

 on them when the bees are asleep; the 

 hive may be uncovered and the moths 

 and honey removed." Again, "The 

 common ant will not cross over pow- 

 dered naphthaline if it can avoid it." 

 I have lately been troubled by the 



large black ant getting into the hive, 

 and have thought of testing this by 

 sprinkling it outside the hive. 



3. Is tliere any cure for the bee-dys- 

 entery when once under way ? I lost a 

 colony of Holy Land bees last spring 

 by this disease. 



I find rules for preventing it, but 

 fail to lind any directions in regard to 

 its cure. 



By answering these questions in your 

 Journal you will greatly oblige 



A Subscriber. 



Fonghkeepsie, N. Y. 



answers by the editor. 



1. Not that we are aware of. The 

 air seems to do away with any effects 

 that the fumes of the sulphur may 

 have, but some of our readers may be 

 able to throw light upon this question; 

 if so, we should be pleased to hear from 

 them. 



2. No. If any of our readers have 

 tried this experiment will they please 

 state results? 



3. This is an important question and 

 one which is not quite settled. To 

 cure it we should advise preventing it. 

 Prepare the bees early in the fall; give 

 them no more room in the brood 

 chamber than they can utilize; do not 

 give them fall stores to winter on; do 

 not disturb them late in the fall it only 

 causes trouble ; pack them snug and 

 warm during winter, and be sure 

 they are so arranged that they will 

 not be disturbed during winter, as 

 such disturbance will surety cause dys- 

 entery. As early in the spring as pos- 

 sible, examine all of the colonies 

 taking first those whose appearance 

 indicates the presence of dysentery; 

 take away all combs that are damp, 

 mouldy or dirty, and if the colony is 

 strong in numbers replace those combs 

 with those containing a portion at 

 least, of sealed honey, but always re- 

 member that you had better contract 

 the brood-chamber until the bees have 

 but one CDinb to cover, than to leave 

 them vvi* too much room, and indeed, 

 it is better to resort (in early spring) 

 to stimulative feeding, with sugar 

 syrup, than to leave in too many 

 combs. Of course combs should be 

 added as the colonies increase in num- 

 bers, and they should be kept snug and 

 warm. If the packing about the hives 

 that are on the summer stands has 

 grown damp, remove it, and replace it 

 with tliat which is dry. If this advice 

 is followed, we think that there will 

 be less trouble from this source. 



