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THE AMERICAN BEE KEEPER. 



evolves yeast-like virus, which is 

 known as foul brood. Thus it will 

 be seen that the fermentation of dead 

 brood under certain conditions gen- 

 erates yeasty matter, sucu as may re- 

 produce itself if in contact with mat- 

 ter like that from which the yeast or 

 virus was generated. In brief , brood 

 dies in a colony of bees, the weather 

 comes on warm, so that the bees 

 maintain a high temperature in 

 the hive, thus favoring active fer- 

 mentation, and the fermentation pro- 

 ceeds to generate a yeasty virus, 

 which like yeast is porous, any of 

 which if lodged in brood-matter will 

 reproduce rapidly until the whole is 

 affected. It does not often occur that 

 the fermentation is produced in i\wA 

 brood in such a way as to prove the 

 development of spores. Hence many 

 bee-keepers have seen dead brood, 

 but saw no foul brood. Editor Root 

 says that he has had lots of chilled 

 brood, and is sure none ever turned 

 into foul brood. He says he has had 

 the disease in his apiary, and he has 

 failed to give its origin, further than 

 to say "Its catching." 



It is well known that putrifying 

 human bodies develop deadly virus 

 spores, which, if lodged on, or get 

 into a person, death results therefrom, 

 called blood poisoning. Even spores 

 are sometimes generated by fermenta- 

 tive irritation in an individual, that 

 produces his or her death. 



The foregoing is no theory. I 

 learned the facts from past experi- 

 ments, and will be happy to answer 

 inquiries or criticism. 



Richfield, N. Y. 



In selecting hives, by all means buy 

 those having standard size frames. 



A Movable Honey House. 



BY A. N. DRAPER. 



Why not ? I move my apiaries to 

 get the different honey flows from 

 the different plants. The conven- 

 ience of a readily movable honey 

 house can hardly be overestimated. 

 I have two of them. The second one 

 I made is a little the larger one ; a 

 little heavier, stronger and more 

 roomy. It is constructed as follows: 



(/ret two pieces of 2x4 7 feet 8£ 

 inches long lor the end pieces of the 

 floor; six pieces of 2x4 7 feet ()} 

 inches long for the middle cross- 

 pieces of the floor; two pieces of 2x4 

 13 feet 84; hiclies long for the side 

 pieces of the floor. The end pieces 

 are let into the end of the side pieces, 

 six middle cross pieces nailed at the 

 proper places within the two" side 

 pieces, making a frame to nail the 

 floor on of the size of 7 feet 10} inches 

 wide by 13 feet 8} inches long, I 

 also put in lour pieces of 1 inch by 

 four for braces, two at each end, to 

 hold the frame perfectly square. I 

 proceed to cover this with the best 

 white pine flooring. I nail it well. 

 Next get out six pieces of 2x4 for 

 the two sides of the building, 13 feet 

 8} inches. Cut out a block two inches 

 square at each end, so that it will 

 leave a notch for the pieces corre- 

 sponding to these, in ihe two ends of 

 the building, to rest in. 



The wide side of the 2x4 will be 

 perpendicular, and the notches on the 

 side pieces, when in the building, 

 will be on the lower edge. For the 

 end pieces the notches will be on 

 the upper side. With a spirit level I 

 level up my floor, which is now in 

 one solid piece. 1 made mine on my 



