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He has given much time to stud^' 

 in regard to the cause of foul brood, 

 and experiments in curing it, aiid 

 the result of his works has been 

 generously donated to the public 

 by him. In treating a diseased 

 colony by his plan, all that is re- 

 quired is to feed a solution of the 

 remedy to a diseased colony or col- 

 onies, and the disease is speedily 

 rooted out, in fact, cured. The 

 remedy he uses and advises is phe- 

 nol. Phenol in the arts is a hydro- 

 carbon produced in the distillation 

 of coal tar, or from the vapor of 

 benzoic acid. It is commonly 

 known as pure carbolic acid. This 

 known agency led to its use in the 

 cure of foul brood, and if the ex- 

 periments of Mr. Cheshire are cred- 

 ited, it has succeeded wonderfully. 

 There is noreason to doubt either 

 the ability or truthfulness of Mr. 

 Cheshire, or the faithfulness with 

 which he has made his investiga- 

 tions. He himself says that he 

 did not and would not make the re- 

 sult of his labors known, until he 

 was fully satisfied that he could not 

 only cure the trouble when isolated, 

 but could so control it that no other 

 colony would or could be affected 

 by it while the work of cure was 

 being carried on. As for myself, 

 I know nothing personallj' of the 

 matter, but if the means of cure 

 claimed by Mr. C. proves to be all 

 he claims for it, our beekeepers 

 owe him at least a debt ofgratitude, 

 for giving them immunity from a 

 terrible scourge. I trust the matter 

 will be thoroughly investigated, 

 and the results made known, for 

 certainly nothing can be more a 



matter of interest and importance. 

 A full historj' of the matter will be 

 found in the British Bee Journal 

 for Oct., 1884, and I advise our api- 

 arists to obtain that journal and 

 study it with care. 



Fox'&oro, A"ov. 14, 1884. 



WINTERING BEES. 



By L. C. Root, 



I HAVK been very mucli interest- 

 ed in the recent discussions upon 

 this subject. 



When such men as W. F. Clark, 

 G. M. Doolittle, James Heddon, 

 J. E. Pond and a host of others, 

 have given this subject so much 

 thought, good results must follow. 



I have arranged to make some 

 observations and to conduct a se- 

 ries of experiments during the com- 

 ing winter and spring, the result of 

 which I hope may be to throw some 

 light upon this important branch 

 of our industry. I shall not des- 

 cribe the manner of preparing bees 

 for winter at this time, but shall 

 only say that each stock should 

 have a good supply of well ripened 

 honey and a good quantity of pol- 

 len. This with a populous colony 

 of bees is essential. 



I think that one of the prime re- 

 quisites for successful wintering is 

 pure air, so supplied that the air in 

 the room will be sweet and agree- 

 able at all times. 



I give below a diagram showing 

 the location of each room where 

 my bees are to winter, so that your 



