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filled with hone}^ so that a large 

 amount of capping requires to be 

 done. The quiet neeessar}' to se- 

 crete the wax requisite for the cap- 

 pings and the time required for tlie 

 work causes the seeming inactivity. 

 Removing the combs when filled 

 and capping begun and supplying 

 more einpt}' coml)s will disclose the 

 fact that the zeal of the bees is 

 undiminished. 



2. I don't know ; but I "guess" 

 on frames with starters. I practise 

 this method in the main, and think 

 at least as much surplus is obtained 

 as in any other way, with the ad- 

 vantage of the saving in founda- 

 tion ; but the combs thus produced 

 are not always so straight and 

 sometimes have too large a propor- 

 tion of cells of drone size. 1 am 

 inclined to think that a swarm is 

 less likely to desert its hive if 

 frames with starters are used in- 

 stead of frames filled with founda- 

 tion. The onh' advantage I see 

 in frames filled with fountlation is 

 that the combs resulting are always 

 perfect. I suspect that empty 

 combs if restricted to the capacity 

 of five L. frames and given to a 

 swarm having a vigorous queen 

 would answer nearly or quite as 

 well if the colony is otherwise 

 properly managed. I should ad- 

 vise one having spare combs to use 

 them with swarms having such 

 queens. 



I should never use empty frames 

 without starters or a good substi- 

 tute for them. 



of the four colonies, so far as caa 

 be seen by my apiarist, Mr. Frank 

 Curl, has to exceed six diseased 

 cells. Is there anything I can dO' 

 but to run them this summer and 

 then destroy them ? I don't want 

 to trouble you, but if you can give 

 any profitable advice, I assure you 

 1 shall appreciate it. 



S. W. Lakin. 



[If but four colonies are iurected, we 

 cerrainly advise cremiition as tlie best,, 

 speediest and most effective remedy. 

 Don't spend time tryinu' to cure it, as 

 not one case of Pennine foul brood was 

 ever cured. Mr. A. I. Root has beeu; 

 tryin": a long time to rid his apiary of 

 tills disease, but he never can do it, 

 except by the above plan. 



Some twenty years ago, Mr. C. B. 

 Cotton ol West Gorham, Maine, hus- 

 banil of the illustrious Lizzie Cotton, 

 sold us some bees. When tliey came, 

 we found them badly diseased by ibul 

 brood. Well, an attempt was made to 

 cure it. Tlio result was when fall came 

 that every colony in my yard was dis- 

 eased, and batliy diseased, too. As 

 my apiary was not very extensive at 

 tliat time, I made a bontire of hives, 

 bees, comljs and all ; in fact, everything 

 that was used in my apiary tluit year 

 was couverted into ashes. This is the 

 way, my friend, to get rid of foul brood. 

 This plan is being generally adopted ; 

 and, as a remedy, should be applied by 

 all who are so unfortunate as to be 

 troubled by this worst of all bee dis- 

 eases. 



I " went for" Cotton for sending me 

 the vile disease. Soon thereafter his 

 advertisement was dropped and that 

 of his wife appeared. 1 am inclined 

 to think Cotton is yet at the head of 

 that tirm.] 



A BATCH OF QUESTIONS. 



ANSWERS BY THE MANAGER. 



Eureka, III., June 15, 1887. 



Henry Alley, Esq. 



Dear Sir : I find four of ray 

 colonies out of eighty are diseased ; 

 have foul brood. The disease is 

 evidently in its incipiency, but of 

 course will in time spread. Neither 



WoodstocJc, Va. 



Mr. Alley : 



Do bees gather honey and pol- 

 len from the same flowers at the 

 same time? 



N. WiSMAN. 



[Yes, while they are sucking the 

 nectar from the flowers the pollen 

 seems to cover their bodies. It is then 

 woriced into pellets on the bees' legs 

 and taken to the hives.] 



