Dysentery as a Bee Disease. 



Mr. C. W. Taylor, Oakford, Pa., de- 

 sires to have the following questions 

 answered by Moosh Amiel, who has 

 written several articles on this subject: 



1. I want to know whether this con- 

 tributor ever examined a hive, the bees 

 in which had perished from dysentery ; 

 or does he know of any one who has 

 done so, without linding the combs in a 

 damp and even mouldy condition V 



2. Has he or any one else, ever found 

 the combs of an old fashioned box-hive 

 in this damp and mouldy condition ? 



3. Has he or any one else, ever known 

 the bees in an old fashioned box-hive, 

 to perish from dysentery ? 



4. Was the dysentery ever regarded 

 as a serious bee disease, before the in- 

 troduction of the Langstroth, or mova- 

 ble-frame hive ? 



ig'At the late meeting of the Na- 

 tional Convention we were requested to 

 get photographs of the leading apiar- 

 ists, to sell to those who wanted them. 

 We can now supply the following at 25 

 cents each : Dzierzon, the Baron of Ber- 

 lepsch, Langstroth. In England Mr. 

 Langstroth's photograph will be sold at 

 a half-a-guinea each, to add to the fund 

 for Mr. Langstroth which the English 

 apiarists are now making up. If any 

 wish to give one, two, three or Ave dol- 

 lars for it here, the surplus will be 

 credited to the fund raised by the late 

 National Convention. The likeness of 

 Mr. Langstroth which we have, is one 

 furnished by his daughter, who says, 

 "it is the only one ever taken when he 

 was in good health and spirits." We 

 are glad to be able to secure one of 

 such a satisfactory nature. 



W The date following the name on 

 the wrapper label of this paper indi- 

 cates the time to which you have paid. 

 We shall hereafter send none unless 

 paid for in advance. We should be 

 glad to accommodate those who desire 

 credit, but our losses are so large in 

 that line now, that we really cannot 

 afford it— having now about $10,000 in- 

 vested in such outstanding accounts. 

 This rule will be strictly adhered to. 

 That which is a vary small item to each 

 one of a thousand, is a heavy load for 

 one to carry. 



New Smokers. 



Mr. J. M. Shuck has sent a smoker to 

 our Museum. It uses an upright bel- 

 lows ; the fire-pot is 3 inches in diameter 

 and 7 inches long, giving large space 

 for fire. The bellows has 3 inches of 

 play, and the spring is on the outside. 

 It is similar in appearance to both 

 the Quinby and Bingham smokers, 

 though it differs from them in some 

 points, both internally and externally. 



Mr. Scovell has sent his 5th and 6th 

 smoker to our Museum. The latter has 

 the "cold blast," to perfection — though 

 as we remarked in the Journal for 

 last March, we fail to see any advan- 

 tage in the "cold blast" for smokers. 

 In this, Mr. Scovell carries the air from 

 the bellows directly to the top of the 

 air tube without coming in contact with 

 the fire. The tube is also hinged to the 

 bellows. The former is the same as 

 the latter but not having the cold-blast 

 attachment. 



Herr Rentier von Corswant.of Greifs- 

 wald, Pommerania, has invented and 

 patented a bee smoker which Pastor 

 Knoblauch (the discoverer of the way 

 to seal combs artificially) says deserves 

 the preference over the various imple- 

 ments of this sort which he has tried 

 during a long series of years. The 

 principal advantage claimed for it is 

 just what has been for a long time one 

 of the valuable features of American 

 smokers, namely, the smoke is driven 

 from above down through the material 

 burned, thereby cooling it and render- 

 ing it free from sparks and ashes. 



i^° We will send sample copies to any 

 who feel disposed to make up clubs for 

 1880. There are persons keeping bees in 

 every neighborhood who would be bene- 

 fitted by reading the Journal, and by 

 using a little of the personal influence 

 possessed by almost every one, a club 

 can be gotten up in every neighborhood 

 in America. Farmers have had large 

 crops, high prices, and a good demand 

 for all the products of the farm, there- 

 fore can well afford to add the Bee 

 Journal to their list of papers for 1880. 



