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found that they were not swollen, but full 

 of honey. The salt cure for this disease, 

 with me, has proved a failure. I have tried 

 it until I am satisfied that there is no efficacy 

 in it, and that it is only a waste of time to 

 fuss with salt where your bees are sick with 

 bee-paralysis. My remedy is to stimulate 

 brood-rearing by feeding, and in that way 

 pull the diseased colony through. This, of 

 course, cannot save the loss of bees, but it 

 usually saves the loss of the colony, and if 

 the colony is not too badly weakened, you 

 may expect some surplus honey from it, 

 but not a full crop. 



The man that will discover a specific 

 remedy for this disease, will merit a high 

 reward. Bee-keepers should, and would, be 

 willing to pay liberally for such a remedy. 

 Prof. Cook. Dr. Miller, or Mr. Doolittle 

 could, in my opinion, afford to experiment 

 in this line. H. F. Coleman. 



Sneedville, Tenn., March 30, 1893. 



"Wintered Nicely — No Loss. 



Bees wintered nicely. Every bee-keeper 

 that I have seen tells me all is well, and no 

 loss. I have not heard of a single loss so 

 far this spring. The bees are on a boom to- 

 day, as the peach trees are coming into 

 bloom, and pollen is plenty, and the willing 

 workers are getting in full tirhe. 



Sampson Stout. 



Udall, Kans., April 4, 1893. 



Wintered Finely — Cell Protector. 



The past year was a poor one for bees. I 

 got only 430 pounds of honey, whereas the 

 year before I got 1.800 pounds, all extracted. 

 Bees have wintered finely. I lost only one 

 out of 33, caused by mice. Bees are work- 

 ing nicely on peach blossom, and the plum 

 is in full bloom. 



Here is a description of my queen-cell 

 protector: Take a piece of cheese-cloth l}^ 

 inches square, dip it in hot beeswax, then 

 just wrap the cell so as to leave the point 

 below the edge of the cloth, and it is ready 

 to put in the hive. I have never lost one 

 this way, putting it on the same time I 

 take the queen out. I am well pleased with 

 the " old reliable " American Bee Journal. 



James A. King. 



Sub Rosa, Ark., March 28, 1893. 



Building Up Weak Colonies. 



In looking my bees over on March 8th, I 

 found one colony of Italians and one of 

 blacks reduced to about one quart each, the 

 Italians having- some brood yet, but the 

 blacks none, so I put both colonies into one 

 hive, placing a division made of screen-wire 

 between them. On April 2nd I looked them 

 over again, and found both queens laying ; 

 but the blacks fell behind a good deal, so I 

 took a frame of brood, bees and all, from 

 the Italians, and gave to the blacks, think- 

 ing that they then had the same scent, but 

 they started to fighting, and I ran for the 

 smoker, and smoked them thoroughly, and 



closed the hive. The next morning, to my 

 surprise, I found every black bee killed in 

 the hive except the queen, which was 

 treated very kindly by the savage Italians. 

 Why did the bees not get the same scent in 

 the one hive, having only two thicknesses 

 of wire-screen between them ? Why did 

 they not kill the queen also ? Will some 

 experienced bee-keeper please give some in- 

 formation regarding the cause, in the Bee 

 Journal ? 



April 2nd was a warm day, and bees 

 gathered pollen from rye flour, which I had 

 placed out on boards. August Bartz. 



• Chippewa Falls, Wis., April 7, 1893. 



He Beguiles with. " Miles" of Smiles. 



I just could not resist writing and saying, 

 Hurrah for the American Bee Journal ! In 

 reference to the new department of ques- 

 tions and answers, I say like Mr. Doolittle 

 in his comments on the " A B C of Bee-Cul- 

 ture " — "You are just shouting here." 

 Both times I have written questions, I did 

 so almost in "fear and trembling," and 

 was more surprised at getting an answer 

 than I would have been if I had heard no 

 more from it. So the editorial on page 337 

 made me feel good. I am much obliged for 

 all the help I get from the American Bee 

 Journal. I like it better than any paper 

 or book that I have yet seen on bee-keeping. 

 I wish its publishers unbounded success. 



E. S. Miles. 



Denison, Iowa, March 25, 1893. 



Uouveiitiou riiotice!*. 



PENNSYLVANIA.-The Susquehanna Co. 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold their 12th 

 semi-aunual meeting at the Tarbell House in 

 Montrose, Pa., on Thursday, May 4, 1893. All 

 are invited. H. M. Seeley. Sec. 



Harford. Pa. 



CONNECTICUT.— The annual meeting of 

 the Connecticut Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at the capitol in Hartford, on May 

 2, 1893. commencing at 10:30. All bee-keep- 

 ers are invited to attend, and bring an exhibit. 



Mrs. W. E. RiLEy, Sec, Waterbury, Conn. 



NEW YOKK. — The next meeting of the 

 Allegany County Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at Belmont, N. Y., on May 4th, 

 1893, in the Hotel Belmont. All bee-keepers 

 are invited to attend and make it what it 

 should be — an interesting meeting. 



H. C. Farnum, Pres., Transit Bridge, N. Y. 



Alley's Queen-Rearins: book, 

 or "Thirty Years Among the Bees," 

 gives the result of over a quarter-cen- 

 tury's experience in rearing queen-bees, 

 and describing the practical, every-day 

 work. By Henry Alley. It contains an 

 "Appendix," showing the improvements 

 made in queen-rearing the last four 

 years. Very latest work of the kind. 

 Nearly 100 pages, with illustrations. 

 Price, postpaid, 50 cents ; or clubbed 

 with Bee Journal one year, for $1.30. 



