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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



[June, 



always present, and Baron v. d. Bussche-Hunne- 

 feld generally present when the remedies were 

 being applied. 



When Herr Lambrecht had applied his rem- 

 edy and declared the cure effected, the Com- 

 mission, on the 24th of September, made a 

 careful examination. The result of this exami- 

 nation was the conviction of the members of 

 the Commission that the remedy and rnanage- 

 mqjfit of Herr Lambrecht cured the foul-brood 

 and destroyed its contagious character. Now, 

 if the remedy of Herr Lambrecht is found to be 

 successful when applied to movable comb hives, 

 there is every reason to believe that his man- 

 agement will be successful when applied to 

 straw basket hives or box-hives. 



The high value and great advantage to bee- 

 keeping of this discovery was so apparent to 

 the Commission that they have recommended 

 it to the attention of the Royal Prussian Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture, and expressed the wish that 

 this r< medy would be purchased for the benefit 

 of bee-keepers. 



Herr Lambrecht desires for the purchase of 

 the remedy the donation of 2,000 thlr. The 

 Commission think this a moderate sum : First, 

 because Herr Lambrecht expended, during many 

 years, both time and money in perfecting his 

 happy discovery; and second, by this con- 

 quering of foul-brood many small bee-keepers 

 will no longer lose large sums through the 

 death of their bees, and less ready money will 

 be sent out of the country to purchase wax and 

 honey. 



Masbaum, President, 



G Kleine, Editor Centralblatt, 



C. VON DEM BuSSCHE-HUNNEFELD, 



December, 1872. Commission. 



REMARKS OF PROF. H. A. HEMME, OF NIENBERG, 

 ON THE ABOVE REPORT. 



This report, in regard to the examination, 

 made on the 24th of September, says '"The re- 

 sult of this examination was the conviction of 

 the members of the commission that the remedy 

 and management of Herr Lambrecht cured the 

 foul brood and destroyed its contagious charac- 

 ter, etc." 



I must state that my judgment in this respect 

 does not agree with that of my colleagues. I 

 do not doubt that Herr Lambrecht, by repeated 

 removals of the foul brood matter, is in a posi- 

 tion to cure the disease. With such manage- 

 ment one does not need, as I through experi- 

 ence know, the remedies of Lambrecht, but the 

 disease can be cured by other remedies. As 

 Herr Lambrecht is unable to effect a cure with 

 out destroying the comb, as he declared, both 

 orally, before the commission, on the 24th of 

 July last, and in writing, by his declaration of 

 the 26th of July; so, in my judgment, his reme- 



dy is not so valuable as the report and judg- 

 ment of the commission would lead one to sup- 

 pose it to be. In my judgment, the examina- 

 tion of September 24, does not prove that the 

 three hives were radically cured, but only, that 

 on the day of examination (September 14), not 

 the least germ of foul brood was to be found. 

 In my opinion the test of the perfect cure of 

 the hives can only be when the young brood of 

 next spring appears. 



As in the journal of the commission of Sep- 

 tember 24, 1872, the commission expresses the 

 wish "that these investigations be pursued still 

 further," etc., so as regards myself can the wish 

 be expressed, that the decision of September 

 24 was not a final and safe one, but that the 

 hives demanded further looking after and fu- 

 ture examinations; and further, that Herr Lam- 

 brecht should undertake to cure foul brood in 

 box or straw hives having immovable combs. 

 H. A. Hemme, Member of Commission. 



Nienberg, Jan. 17, 1873. 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Walled In. 



"Now, this sounds dreadful," every one will 

 exclaim, thinking at onoe of walling in of liv- 

 ing men! Although it is not a nun, it is a bee, 

 and though it is not a cell of stone and mortar 

 in which she is enwalhd, it is a cell of wax. 

 But how did it occur? A fine, delicate honey- 

 comb, weighing about four pounds, is to be cut 

 from its frame. It is cut from the frame, leav- 

 ing about an inch margin to aid the bees in 

 building their new comb. Behold, in a cell 

 which crosses the middle partition walls of the 

 comb, oblique in direction, crossing the other 

 cells, as if made out of the partition, lies a 

 dead, fully developed bee, resting in her waxen 

 tomb! What a dark history lies hidden there! 

 We wont raise the curtain ! 



[For the American Bee Journal.] 



Wooden Vessels for Bees, 



Herr Baist advises in feeding bees in winter 

 and spring the use of wooden dishes or troughs 

 instead of tin, wood being a good non-conduct- 

 or of heat, does not cool so rapidly as tin, and 

 thus cause the death of the bees standing upon 

 it. The sugar water should be given to the 

 bees lukewarm. It is dangerous in spring to 

 remove combs of brood from the hive, because 

 it will perhaps reduce the working bees too 

 much ; and it is still more dangerous to give a 

 weak swarm a comb containing more brood 

 than they can protect, as then some of the brood 

 will perish and produce disease. The safest 

 way to aid bees is to furnish them with combs 

 filled with honey, which need no protection, 

 and are always ready to be used. 



