Jan. 10, 1902 



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reason, ho b(>licv('(l, llio biTs iK^rc. not bi'iiitj imiiiuiic. lln' 

 riMiii'dios wliicli wore a siicci'ss In Kuropi' wito not sui'li in 

 tliia t'onntrv Mk^ Ix'cis wctc not, iinnnnKi tn tlio saninrxlont. 



Mr. CliirUo Is pluuiol and carljdliit lu.-ld tlin same thin;; ? 



I'rcif. Harrison Yes. 



Mr. (lark Was i to 500 not a success ? 



I'rof. Ilarrlsiin Only as an antiseptic; not to d(\slii)y thr 

 gcM'ms. 



Mr. Holtcrniann- I would like to ask anollicr (iin-stinn : 

 Under what conditions docs the Rorni ;,'row a;xain, wliich has 

 been trcat(^d willi carbolic acid 1 to iiOO '.' 



Mr. Harrison When yon coaso ionding. As lony as you 

 feed it is all ri;;ht. 'I'he bees object to carbolic aci<l : formic 

 add is Nature's remedy. I may say wo are always pleased lo 

 conduct at th(> t'olU^Kc investi;;atioiis along this and other' 

 lines. With t\u'. strength of stall' we have we cannot conduct 

 experiments for individuals, but where for public ;;oo<l, we will 

 be pleased to carry on investi;;ati(uis. You help us by sending 

 material, and we will help you with our appliances, an<i pcr- 

 lia.ps increase knowledge. 



.1. 10. Frith -Have you been working on foul-lirood experi- 

 ments Just for one year? 



Prof. Harrison — No, for four years. 



PICKLRD BROOD — OTIIEK M.\.TTKRS. 



The (inestion of pickled brood was brou^rht up, and it was 

 thought well that the disease in Xew York State be investi- 

 gated. 



It was decidi'd that samples be sent to I'rof. Harrison. 

 Ontario Agricultural I'ollege, Guelph, Out.. Canada, who 

 promised to investi;;ate tlicm. 



Wm. McEvoy. inspector of apiaries, suggested that bees 

 be sent to Mr. Harrison to measure the len^jtli of their tongues. 



J. H. Hall welcomed the Ontario 15ee-Keepers' Association 

 on behalf of the Oxford Association ; bespoke of the incorpo- 

 ration of the Ontario liee-Keepers' Association, the Colonial 

 and Indian Exhiliition, the Foul Brood Law, and eulogized Mr. 

 McEvoy and the work he had done. Another important work 

 was the Spraying Act passed through tlie instrumentality of 

 the Association ; then the Pure Honey Bill. The Chicago Ex- 

 hibit, and tliat at the Pan-American, were also a success, and 

 had done much to educate the local public and other nations 

 as to Ontario honey. 



Tlie president called on Mr. Evans to reply, who re- 

 sponded thus : 



" I am very glad to come to Woodstock: I knew the Ontario 

 could teach the Oxford Association nothing, but we expect to 

 learn a groat deal from the Oxford | laughter]. We are quite 

 ready to accept all the good things Mr. Hall has said of the 

 Ontario Association. I think mncli has been done, liut the 

 end is not yet." 



(Coatinued ne-xt week.) 



I Questions and Answers, l 



CONDUCTED BY 



DR. O. O. MILLER, JUarengo, ni, 



(The Qnestlons may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller 



direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the 



Doctor to send answers by mail. — Editor.I 



Dividins, or Artificial Increase. 



What is your plan for artificial increas<'? I don"t want 

 any natural swarms — I can't manage them — and my family are 

 too afraid of them to give me much help. East. 



Answers. — If you had asked for a plan I might have 

 answered you readily, but when you ask for my plan you make 

 the question more diilicuit. I have no plans of mv "own, and 

 do not always follow the same plan, taking just what seems 

 to be tiie most convenient at the time. Probably tlie nucleus 

 plan is followed more than any other. A necleus is formed 

 and a ripe queen-cell given to it, and then when the queen 

 gets to laying, it is strengthened by means of a frame of sealed 

 brood. If the nucleus be started sulticiently early, no aid will 

 be needed to have it built up sulticiently strong for winter. 



If you will take the trouble to send the question on a 

 postal towards the last of May. I shall be glad to go more into 

 detail, and advise you just what to do to start your cells and 

 form your nuclei. 



Transferrlnij Paper Trimmings for Packint;. 



1 . In the lleddon short metliod rif traMsfirrlng, what would 

 yon do alxuit the ipieen that will lie reared In the old hive 

 whiii^ waiting 21 days for all thi! lirood to hatch V AcordlriK 

 to my <-ount, a new queen will be hatched, and have quite a 

 little brood, before the 2 1 days expire. 



2. How will (laper trimmings from a book-bindery do for 

 packing bees for winter? Ii.r.iNoi.t. 



A.NHWER8. — 1. The "jees will take care of that matter to 

 suit tliomselves. If the old queen Is yet in full vigor, the 

 young (|ur'i^n will likcdy be destroyed, otherwise she may be 

 superseded by the young <|ueen when the two parts are united. 

 If you wish to sav(! Iioth queens, of course you can interfere. 



2. I can only guess. I should think then' would be dan- 

 ger of their being packerl a little too sidid : but if sullicient 

 pains were taken lo loosen them up they might be all right. 



Feeding a Mixture of Sugar and Honey. 



I hav(^ a colony of bees in a bcjx-hive. given to me by a 

 neighbor, and it is short of stores. There is no way to get 

 to them from the top of the hive, and I have been wonder- 

 ing if I could not carry them into the house-cellar, whiTe the 

 thermometer registers about 40 degrees, turn thi> hive bottom- 

 side up, and lay ui)on the lower end of the combs a roll of 

 sugar and extracted honey (mixed), leaving the hives in this 

 position until spring. Nkw 'York. 



An.swer. — Y'our scheme ought to work all right, only it 

 would likely be better if the cellar wore nearer -45 degrees. 

 There is some danger that you will use too much honey and 

 too little sugar — in other words, your candy will be to thin. If 

 you lind it so thin that it will not stay up in place (and very 

 likely you will find it becoming thinner after it is given to the 

 bees), take tlie candy away and work some more sugar into it 

 so as to make it thicker and dryer. 



Hive for Producing Extracted Honey. 



I desire to run my bees for extracted honey and would 

 like to know if you consider it any advantage to have a hive 

 wider than the 10-frame. Can swarming be kept down better 

 with a wider liive? Noijth Caholixa. 



An.swer. — I don't know for certain, but I think there 

 miglit be less swarming with a liive larger than 10-frames. It 

 would, of course, be more unwieldy, but you might not care 

 much for that. It would bo a good plan for you to try the 

 larger hives on a small scale, carefully comparing tliem with 

 the lU-frame hives, and then you would bo able to tell better 

 which would bo best for vou. 



Early Stimulative Feeding. 



I have four good, strong colonies of bees with ''red 

 clover" queens, and want to divide as far as practicable and 

 have the colonies so formed all in readiness for the honey-flow 

 the last of June. I espect to feed liberally of both sugar and 

 meal. 



1. How early in the winter is it advisable to begin stim\ila- 

 tive feeding ? 



2. Are granulated sugar syrup and say, rye meal, all 

 the food necessary ? What do you recommend ? 



3. How far do you consider it safe to carry the dividing, 

 and at how early a date ? 



It appears tome that the further (and the earlier) they are 

 divided, the more good, strong, young queens we will liave 

 laying. 



But where is the principal danger? 



Answer. — 1. Don't try stimulative feeding in the winter 

 on any account. Wait until the bees are flying daily. 



2". Some think sugar syrup as good as honey for breeding 

 purposes, while others thinlv it very inferior, and only to lie 

 used when honey cannot bo liad. Probably no one thinks rye 

 meal or any other substitute so good as natural pollen. If 

 possible' to have good honey and pollen. I should prefer it to 

 anytliing else. 



'^. If it appears to you that the earlier you begin and the 

 more you divide, the more good, strong, young queens you will 

 have laying, I'm afraid it appears wrong tf) you. Y'ou can be- 

 gin so early that your queens will be of little value, and if you 

 divide too early or too much you will lie the loser. As far 



