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burn them at once. I would remove the 

 starters from every colony at the end of 

 four days, and give every colony full 

 sheets of foundation. Do all work in the 

 evenings, and either make wax of all the 

 new combs made out of the starters dur- 

 ing the four days, or burn them as soon 

 as they are taken from the bees, then 

 the cure will be complete. 



Mr. Simmins has given his method of 

 cure that will cure in many cases ; I 

 have given mine that will cure in all 

 cases ; and now I do think that Mr. 

 Graden should publish his methods of 

 cure before he writes any more on foul 

 brood, as he has not yet published a 

 cure that would help any one. 



Woodburn, Out., Canada, March 29. 



How ttie Bees Were Moyeil. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 



BY C. H. COLEMAN. 



Please permit me to return my thanks 

 to those who, in answer to my question 

 on page 249, have offered so many val- 

 uable suggestions on the " moving of 

 bees." 



I moved my bees to this place the last 

 days of February, and, I am glad to say, 

 without any perceptible loss in any way. 

 Without going into detail, I wil! briefly 

 state how I did it, hoping some brother 

 bee-keeper may profit by my experience: 



1st. I took the top stories off. 



2nd. Having prepared boards the ex- 

 act size of my hives, beforehand, with 

 strips on them as if I were going to use 

 them for bottom-boards (but instead of 

 using strips % inch thick I used them 

 one inch). I lifted a brood-chamber off 

 the old stand, and placed it on the board 

 thus prepared. 



3rd. I tacked wire-cloth over the en- 

 trance, which you perceive was one inch 

 instead of % inch, as on the stand. 



4th. I placed pieces of quilts, old 

 rags, etc., on top of the frames, thick 

 enough so that when the cover was put 

 on, it would press upon the frames be- 

 fore coming down on the sides of the 

 hive (the object of this was to hold the 

 frames from moving about). 



5th. Instead of covering the hive thus 

 prepared with the cover, I placed a 

 board prepared as the first board, on top 

 of the first hive, strips up, ready to re- 

 ceive another hive. 



6th. A second hive was placed on this 

 board, and in all respects treated as the 

 first. 



7th. A third hive was placed on the 

 second, and treated as before, except it 

 was covered with a plank or board with- 

 out the strips. 



8th. Having a tier of hives, boards, 

 etc., three deep, I nailed strips the 

 length of the depth of the three hives 

 thus tiered up, on the sides and ends of 

 the boards first prepared (and which 

 acted a? bottom-boards and covers), and 

 the crate thus prepared was ready to 

 load into the wagon, and following suit 

 with the remainder of the colonies, I 

 soon had them all crated and ready to 

 ship. 



I then loaded them in a wagon, on 

 hay, in the most convenient way I could, 

 taking care to have all entrances clear. 

 I don't think the plan can be surpassed 

 in any way, judging from my success in 

 moving them 30 miles over a very rough 

 road. 



I am an amateur bee-keeper, having 

 been in the business only two years, but 

 my success so far has been very flatter- 

 ing. I commenced in the spring of 1892 

 with two colonies in box-hives, and put 

 17 into winter quarters the past winter, 

 which are all alive and in fine condition 

 for a good crop of honey this year — if 

 we should be blessed with a good honey 

 season. 



East Cumberland Gap, Tenn. 



Cause of Failure in Wintering Bees. 



Written for the American Bee Journal 

 BY B. TAY'LOR. 



What is the reason that in some sea- 

 sons nearly everyone succeeds in winter- 

 ing bees with but little loss, with almost 

 any kind of quarters and preparations ? 



What is the reason that in other sea- 

 sons, like that or 1892-93, nearly every 

 one, regardless of their skill and care, 

 and the most carefully prepared quar- 

 ters, lose heavily ? 



There is a sufficient cause for every 

 result — there must be one for this re- 

 markable difference in the Results of 

 wintering in different years under seem- 

 ingly like conditions. What is the 

 cause ? It is of very great importance 

 to know, for on safe, successfull winter- 

 ing every hope of profitable bee-keeping 

 is centered. 



After careful study of the conditions 

 existing, and the results following them 

 for the last two seasons, I have become 

 convinced that the cause lies in the con- 

 ditions of the honey-flows in the years 



