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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



Washington, August, 1872. 



All communications and letters of business should 



be addressed to 



GEO. S. WAGNER, 



Office of the American Bee Journal, 



Washington, D. C. 



Have any of our bee-keeping friends used Bromo- 

 Chloralum— a rather lately introduced disinfectant ? 

 We have within the last mouth used it for disinfecting 

 damp, mouldy closets, cellars, &c, and have found 

 it to act with great certainty and effect. We think it 

 could be used beneficially in bee-keeping. 



1. A small rag saturated with it and placed in the 

 box containing empty combs, would prevent them 

 from becoming mouldy, and would, we believe, keep 

 the moth from depositing her eggs in the combs. 



2. In cleaning old bee hives, honey jars, &c, a 

 small portion used in the water, would make the 

 hives sweet and pure. 



3. We think that it could be used with the greatest 

 benefit, in cases of foul-brood. It is said to stop all 

 decay of animal matter, and would thus prevent the 

 spread of the disease in the hive. The disinfectant 

 is, when pure, perfectly odorless, so that it could be 

 used, we think, with our detriment, while the bees 

 are in the hive. The combs of the foul-brood hive 

 could be well washed in water containing the dis- 

 infectant — and thus saved for further use. 



4. Might it not have prevented the bee disease, 

 which caused so much loss last year from one end of 

 the land to the other, by reason of keeping the thin 

 honey from souring? 



The above are all hints of what we think might be 

 done with it, not what has been done, but we see 

 no reason why, acting so well in the several instan- 

 ces, in which we tried it, it would not do here. 

 Should it prove successful, it will be a most useful 

 aid to the apiary. 



Our friend, Mr. Dadant, sailed on the 13th of July, 

 on board the French steamer, La Ville de Paris, for 

 Italy. We hope that we may have from him, while 

 absent, interesting accounts of the state of bee- 

 keeping, &c, in Italy and such other places as h e 

 may visit. His son, Camille P. Dadant, of Hamilton, 

 Hancock county, Illinois, will act as his agent during 

 his absence. 



Novice desires us to say that the metal corners are 

 patented, but that everyone is free to use them with- 

 out a " right," or to use any modification of them they 

 think proper; they (A. J. Root &Co.,) only reserv- 

 ing the exclusive right to manufacture them for sale. 



Judging from the accounts thus far received, there 

 will be but a small yield of box honey this season. 



Ville's Chemical Manures — Fesquet, translator. 

 Henry Carey Baird, publisher, 406 Walnut street, 

 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Price $1.25, sent by 

 mail, free of postage, to any part of the Uuited 

 States. Coming from the noted Industrial Publisher, 

 Baird, is sufficient guarantee of the value of this 

 work. 



The Model Potato. — An exposition of its proper 

 cultivation ; the cause of its rotting ; the remedy 

 therefor ; its renewal, preservation, productiveness, 

 and cooking, by Dr. John McLaurin. Edited, with 

 annotations, by R. T. Trail, M. D., 12mo., 102 pages; 

 price 50 cents. S. R. Wells, publisher, 3S9 Broad- 

 way, New York. The work is the result of twenty 

 years' experience and observation. 



Beekeepers' Convention. 



The Central Iowa Beekeepers' Associa- 

 tion will held their next session during the 

 Iowa State Fair, September 10th, 11th and 

 12th, 1872. 



Visitors pass over all railroads "in Iowa" for 

 one-half fare. Some of Iowa's noted beekeepers 

 will be present. Come one, come all, and have 

 a general good time. 



Tipton, Iowa. Geo. W. Barclay, Sec'y. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



This season is rather more favorable than last. 



Walter Hewson. 

 Kent, Eng., July 1, 1872. 



Bees are doing very well here this season, that 

 is, what few wintered over. J. Smith. 



Willow Branch, bid., July 2, 1872. 



This has been so far, in this neighborhood, a 

 poor season for bees ; few swarms and little 

 honey. J. F. Brown. 



Winchester, Va., July 8, 1872. 



The bees had a very good run here last week 

 on clover, but it has been raining this week, so 

 that we have gained nothing. 



Binghamton, N. Y., June 27, 1872. 



The honey harvest is very fine here. The 

 linden trees are unusually full of bloom. 

 Allenton, Mo., June zb, 1872. Wm. Harris. 



Bees done very poorly here last winter ; about 

 half the colonies died, the balance were in very 

 poor condition, but have done very well this 

 summer. Just now there is a scarcity of forage, 

 and they lie idle in front of the hives. Long live 

 the American Bee Journal ! J. B. Rapp. 



Oicensville, 0., July 15, 1872. 



