THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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How shall I prevent robbing amonR my 

 bees? What is the best way to feed them ? 

 Please name a good nietliod for curing dys- 

 entery. I have lost S out of 50 stands by this 

 disease. Would vou let bet'S have their frames 

 filled with honey comb to winter on ? 



S.VUAH IlAUI'KK. 



You will find our advice with regard to 

 robbing in " Seasonable Hints." We think 

 dysentery was caused among your bees by 

 their having too nuich honey in the combs, 

 and too little space empty, for them to clus- 

 ter in comfortably. 



If yon had used an Extractor among your 

 fifty hives last fall, you might have saved 

 those that are dead, and 'had honey enough 

 to pay, over and over again, for the Extract- 

 or. We would not advise taking the comb 

 away, only to empty part of it. The dysen- 

 tery will disappear as pleasant whether and 

 natural honey comes. Feed sugar syrup. 



My bees wintered through and no loss of 

 swarms. Are now out on their sunnner 

 stands— eight in all, one in the woods. Ex- 

 tracted over 100 lbs. and left lots in the 

 hives. Could extract (piite a lot now and 

 not rob them. 1 am greatlv encouraged. 



W. W. MOOKE. 



P. S. I should mention in addition to the 

 exti-acted honey, I had in box and crocked 

 combs perhaps seventj'-tive lbs. more. 



W. W. M. 



We congi-atulate Mr. Moore upon his suc- 

 cess. He is doing well for a beginner, and 

 answering the question so often asked, 

 " Will bees do well in Northwestern Iowa?" 



A Letter Prom Italy. 



The following letter is from the Editor of 

 Le ApicoltJire, a monthly bee journal pub- 

 lished in Milan, Italy, an advertisement of 

 which may be found in another column : 



Associazione Centrale D'Incoraggiamento 

 per L'Apicoltura in Italia, Milan, May 11, 

 1875. 

 Thos. G. Newman, Publisher A. B. J. 



HoxoKED Sir : — Your Journal is found 

 exceedingly interesting here, and together 

 with the Bienenzeltuyig, it is considered 

 one of the best journals of bee-culture pub- 

 lished. We very often publish in ours ex- 

 tracts from it, endeavoiiug to instruct our 

 readers iii everything which takes place in 

 your country with regard to the culture of 

 bees. 



Last year was extremely disastrous for 

 bee-culture, in consequence of our climate's 

 inclemency. The bees were unable to find 

 honey enough in flowers, and the placjis 

 where there are autumnal llourishings were 

 tlie only lucky ones. There was great mor- 

 tality in rustic hives, especially towards 

 spring, but movable comb hives have all or 



nearly all outlived, and are now swarming 

 and completely filled with honey ; so much 

 so that we were obliged to give them more 

 room. Therefore it appears that this year 

 will be an extremely favorable one. 



I do not know if you have ever heard of a 

 new publication by our Central Asso- 

 ciation, the cruinf.Utoqntphic tables upon 

 the anatomy and the enemies of bees. This 

 is a beautiful work of thirty tables which 

 cost altogether ;3() fr., gotten up with the ut- 

 most care. They were very much appre- 

 ciated at the universal exhibition of Vienna, 

 and at the meeting of German bee-keepers 

 which took place last year at Halle au der 

 Saale. I should be grateful were you to 

 speak of them in your JouHNAr>. You can 

 ask Mr. Dadant, of Hamilton, HI., about 

 them. He is acquainted with them, and he 

 will communicate you his opinion. Mean- 

 while I have the honor to subscribe myself, 

 Alfonso Visconti di Saliceto, 



Secretary of the Central Italian Associa- 

 tion, and Director of Apicoltore. 



Voices from Among the Hives, 



G. iLiscir, Hickman, Ky., writes:— "My 

 bees are doing well. I hear of but little loss 

 here during the winter, and swarms are 

 very strong. Poplar and honey locusts are 

 in bloom."' 



N. P. Allen, Smith's Grove, Ky.. writes: 

 —When I wrote you the first of April, niv 

 bees were gathering honey from the peac h 

 and apple blosSf)ms. I had a number of 

 hives in top story, and expected to take a 

 nice lot of fruit-blossom honey. But it tun- 

 ed cold, froze all the blossoms and killed 

 all of our fruit. No honey has been gathf r- 

 ed since, except what white clover has 

 furnished, and that is very little. It seems 

 there is no honey in the flowers. It is a 

 gloomy prospect, and I fear niiiny swarms 

 will perish tor tlie want of stores. 



H. M. Roop, Carson City, Mich., writes: 

 — 'T wintered 100 stocks in a dry cellar, un- 

 4er my dwelling, without any loss; no dys- 

 entery nor signs of any. I housed my bees 

 Nov. 1'3. Kept the temperature of cwUar at 

 40 to 45 degrees above zero. Set them on 

 summer stands March 2y. Combs bright 

 and clean and bees (piite cross; the worst 

 sting I ever got was while taking n*.y bees 

 out of the cellar this spring. I also had 

 some buried, and two left out of doors on 

 summer stands, in double walled hives. 1 

 lost one of the out-door stocks and one ot 

 those that I buried, the rest came out all 

 right, but another polar wave put in an ap- 

 pearance, April 15, which stopped brood 

 rearin" in all stocks except those that were 

 strong. I united the weak stocks and kept 

 them all strong enough to rear brood, m 

 spite of cold weather. I now have SO strong 

 stocks with one set of extra combs lor 

 about 50 of them, for extracted honey. 

 The past winter has convinced very many 

 that bees cannot be wintered here with any 

 liind of success. 



