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of air and use a sprinjj wagon to haul 

 them. The best way is to get your load 

 on the night before, so as to get an early 

 start, then 3^ou can let them out before 

 the sun gets too hot. In dandelion bloom 

 is a good time to do this work ; then they 

 will go right to working when they are 

 set at libert}', instead of robbing. By 

 careful loading, j-ou can take twenty 

 colonies at a load. 



To work for extracted honey in out- 

 apiaries is the best. Have everything 

 ready at the yard so as not to be forced to 

 haul supplies in swarming season. 



In the fall of 1897 we put about four 

 hundred colonies into winter quarters, all 

 in good condition. 



My compan}-, which you see in the 

 jncture, con.sists of my wife, m}- sister, 

 and three cousins which were here. 



Prairik du Sac, Wis. Jan. 16, 1S9S. 



THE TKEATMEM OE FOIL BROOD. 



It may be Safer in Some Instances to Com- 

 pel the Bees to Bnihl Some Comb Before 

 Giving them I'oundation. 



F. A. GEM MI 



I'll make aspnrance doubly mire.—SHAKESPEARE. 



n^HE December 

 T^ issue of the 

 Review, on its lolh 

 r t h d a y , is a 

 gem. The appear- 

 ance is greatly im- 

 jiroved, owing to 

 the new face with 

 which it came be- 

 fore its readers, 

 and the contents 

 are certainly of great value to the bee- 

 keeping fraternity. 



The beautiful frontispiece of that de- 

 testable disease, foul brood, caught my 

 eye instanter, because of its correctness 

 and life-like appearance. 



I have seen hundreds, yes, I may say- 

 several thousands, of just such combs 

 during the past seven or eight years, 

 some of which existed in my own apiary, 

 but the greater portion, however, having 

 come under my observation since becom- 

 ing associated with Mr. McEvoy as assist- 

 ant inspector of apiaries. 



Thanks to legislation, and the desire of 

 the more progressive class of apiarists, 

 there is not now, nor need there be, the 

 great fear that at one time existed regard- 

 ing it; as the scourge is becoming more 

 generally understood. I am now living 

 in the hope that the future will not re- 

 veal so nmch of disease, which, unfortu- 

 nately, in Canada, at least, has been dis- 

 seminated through ignorance, neglect, 

 and, in some instances, lack of principle 

 and regard for the rights of others. 



It is not now my intention to write a 

 lengthy article on the above pretty-well- 

 thrashed-out subject; but, if you will kind- 

 ly allow me space, I should like to refer 

 to the excellent articles by Messrs. Taylor 

 and Baldridge in the December Review. 

 In the main my experience corroborates 

 their views regarding its treatment. 



Mr. Taylor has handled the subject 

 well. His description of this disease, and 

 how to find it, is exceedingly definite — so 

 much so that a mere novice can detect 

 the symptoms if he chooses; and I doubt 

 not that the meJins advocated, if employ- 

 ed by himself, will always, as he states, 

 result in a cure; viz., by merely shaking 

 or hiving bees directly upon foundation, 

 and that it is unnecessary to first put the 

 bees on starters for four days, as some 

 recommend, and then give foundation 

 afterwards. This latter statement is one 

 that Mr. McEvoy, myself, and some 

 others in Canada, and elsewhere, possibly, 

 cannot conscientiously recommend at all 

 times and under all circumstances; al- 

 though, in even the worst cases, I would 

 not always insist upon four days, as two 

 days, and, sometimes, even one day, is suf- 

 ficient. 



If I understand Mr. Taylor aright, he 

 concedes that, at times, the disease as- 



