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do well. Where there is not a sandy soil and good drainage this 

 would not do. Western bee men are gradual!}' changing their opin- 

 ions on this wintering problem. 



Field Notes From Tennessee. 



J. M. BUCHANAN, Franklin, Tenn. 

 State Bee Inspector. 



Some of our bee-keepers have been puzzled by the condition 

 known as "bald-headed brood." This h.as .-sonietimes been mistaken 

 for pickled brood, or Sacbrood. On close examination, however, 

 dead larvae will rarely ever be found, and the brood seems to ma- 

 ture about like the sealed brood. It v/ill be found usually in patches 

 of several cells, which have been drawn out a little longer than the 

 rest, and the pupae left unsealed. I have seen in one case as much 

 as twenty-five per cent of the brood left "bald-headed." It is not 

 clear what causes this condition. However, I would recommend 

 requeening and better ventilation. 



In the treatment of European foul brood bv requeening, Dr. 

 Miller recommends letting the colony remain queenless for two or 

 three weeks before introducing the new queen. Perhaps this is best, 

 as it gives the bees more time to make a thorough job of cleaning 

 up. I know of one apiary in Vv'hich there were perhaps fifty colonies 

 of hybrids, most of them badly afifected with European foul brood. 

 No treatment was given them except that the queens were removed 

 and young golden Italian queens introduced at once. By the next 

 season at least 90 per cent of these colonies had cleaned up and were 

 in a healthy condition. 



In hiving stray swarms, unless you know that they have come 

 from healthv colonies, it would be well, in order to avoid disease, 

 to hive them on starters or empty frames. Later, if desired, these 

 can be replaced with drawn combs or full sheets of foundation. 

 This will force the bees to use for the secretion of wax what honey 

 they have brought with them. 



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This is a truthful saying, and worthy of all acceptation : "Do 

 your spring feeding in the Eall." The successful wintering of the 

 colony depends in a large measure on its having a good proportion 

 of young bees at the beginning of winter. Unless there is a good 

 fall flow, stimulative feeding should be resorted to, in order to force 

 breeding through September and October. Then with the colonies 

 heavy with stores, and strong with young bees, you can rest easy 

 in the spring and confidently expect strong colonies for the flow. 



