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three or four hours, or as soon as she 

 can after she has been convinced that 

 she sure-enough has to do so. 



Another thing I am afraid Mr. F. is 

 misleading in, and that is his dry food 

 for mailing queens. There are extremes 

 both ways. The candy must be soft 

 enough to hold moisture, and not too 

 soft ; and never risk a queen a long dis- 

 tance on dry candy. The best candy 

 for me is that which will remain soft 

 and pliable for a long time, and still not 

 daub the bees and queen. If I could so 

 arrange it, I would feed my queens and 

 bees that go through the mails, on pure 

 houey, and no sugar about it, but on ac- 

 count of Uncle Sam's ruling, we are not 

 allowed to send liquid honey through 

 the mails, lest some of us might become 

 careless, and put up some packages that 

 would leak honey and besmear the mail 

 matter, then we would have a row on 

 our hands, and likely have our queens 

 excluded, so that will not do. But to 

 get a candy that will retain moisture as 

 long as possible, is the candy I am on 

 the lookout for. I do not fear mailing 

 queens to any point in the United States 

 or Canada, but across the " big ponds " 

 is the trouble. 



Now, Mr. Faylor, if you will get us up 

 a candy that will hold good and mail 

 queens safely for a month to six weeks, 

 I shall for one hollow out " Hurrah ! for 

 you." 



Now, please do not, Mr. F., think for 

 a moment that I am just starting out to 

 oppose you, but, to the contrary, and I 

 hope we may get you so stirred up 

 that you will give us the best in your 

 shop, as I for one love to read your 

 writings, and I believe you can teach us 

 something good. Jennie Atchley. 



Thinks it is Bee-Diarrhea. 



Mrs. Atchley : — Last fall numbers 

 of colonies of bees were stricken with a 

 disease in which the bees appeared to 

 have fits, or were quite unable to fly, 

 finally wandering away from the hives 

 and dying. I lost nearly half in a few 

 weeks, and now the disease has reap- 

 peared in four hives, and I fear will 

 rapidly spread to the others, unless I 

 am able in some way to cure them. 

 "Will you kindly tell me what to do '? 



I hope you are not suffering from the 

 same drouth as we are having in this 

 region. Claude Stekt. 



Montell, Tex., March 28. 



Friend S., from the best I can make 

 out, your bees have the diarrhea. Salt 



has been highly recommended. My bees 

 never were troubled with it much, and 

 none in this county. 



Yes, we are now suffering for rain. 



Who will tell us how to cure bee-diar- 

 rhea ? Jennie Atchley. 



The Mens MetM Of Increase. 



Query 919.— 1. What proportion of those 

 who write the answers under " Queries and 

 Replies," practice increase of colonies by the 

 nucleus method ? 



2. What are its advantages over natural 

 swarming, if any ? 



.3. Do those who own out-apiaries practice 

 the nucleus method, or is there a better way ? 

 If so, what is it ?— Out West. 



1. I don't know. I do. not. 2. It has 

 none. — G. M. Doolittle. 



1. I don't. 2. None, for me. 3. I 

 don't know. — J. H. Labbabee. 



1. I don't know. 2. I don't know. 3. 

 I prefer natural swarming. — H. D. Cut- 

 ting. 



1. I do not. 2. The advantages are 

 all disadvantages. 3. Natural swarm- 

 ing is better. — R. L. Tayloe. 



1. I have practiced artificial swarm- 

 ing. 2. No weak swarms. 3. I cannot 

 answer this. — Jas. A. Stone. 



1. I don't know, but I do not. 3. I 

 think not many. I believe natural in- 

 crease is the better way. — A. B. Mason- 



1. I don't know. 2. I don't think 

 there are any. 3. I think that natural 

 swarms are best. Let a colony swarm 

 once. — Mbs. L. Haebison. 



1. I cannot say. 2. As a rule, more 

 rapid increase. 3. There is no better 

 way to get rapid increase than the nu- 

 cleus method. — G. L. Tinkeb. 



We do not practice the nucleus method, 

 but prefer, when we want increase, to 

 take enough brood to make a colony 

 without any more tinkering. — P. H. El- 

 wood. 



