1888 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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Robertson, and we look anxiously for those from 

 others. We want the truth, let it strike where it 

 will. Oliver Foster. 



Mt. Vernon, la., June (i, 188a. 



Thanks, friend F., but we should have 

 been pleased to have friend Robertson's 

 entire letter. By all means let us have 

 opinions on both sides of this matter. 



FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS. 



WHAT THE GERMANS CALL LIQUID HONEY. 



RS. L. HARRISON says, in answering ques- 

 tion No. 33 (is it advisable to change the 

 name of extracted honey?): "The Ger- 

 mans call it tree honey." I do not know 

 who informed Mrs. H., but I know that the 

 name "free honey" is never used in Germany for 

 extracted honey. The extractor is called slinging 

 machine {schlewl6i--ma!ichine), and the honey " slung- 

 honey." This seems a better name than extracted 

 honey, because it tells exactly in what manner the 

 honey is taken from the combs. The word " ex- 

 tracted "Is merely used for a process by which a 

 high temperature, powerful pressure, or chemical 

 influence is used to take a substance out of a mix- 

 ture. L. Stachelhausen. 

 Selma, Texas. 



DRONES DIFFERENTLY MARKED, FROM A PUKE 

 QUEEN. 



If the eggs that hatch drones are unfecundated, 

 why is it that the drones from a pure Italian queen, 

 mated to a black drone, are, some of them, black, 

 and differently marked like the Avorkers? Is the 

 theory that they are as good as those from a purely 

 mated queen true? 



The prospect for honey here is very promising. 

 I hope to give you a big report in the fall. 



OPEN-SIDE SECTIONS. 



My experience with the sections open all round, 

 as Foster makes them, is that they are a success. 

 Granger, Texas, June ."i, 1888. S. J. Foster. 



The drones from a pure Italian queen are 

 always pure. No real evidence has ever 

 been produced that they are not. The facts 

 you urge are nothing more than we should 

 expect from drones. Drones from the same 

 queens are not always marked alike. Some 

 show broad yellow bands, and others scarce- 

 ly any yellow at all. Both, however, so far 

 as anybody knows, will produce pure bees if 

 the queen is pure^ 



HOW FOUL BROOD WAS FINALLY CURED AT THE 

 HOME OF THE HONEY-BEKS; THE VALUE OF 



ANTISEPTICS. 



I am glad indeed to find you announce this spring 

 that foul brood is all gone, as it is a terrible scourge 

 to one whose conscience will not allow him to sell 

 bees or queens while it is around. Last year, ill 

 health compelled me to take up bee-keeping as an 

 occupation, and I had the misfortune to buy 35 col- 

 onies from a party then in Port Elgin, with the re- 

 sult that, during the soa^on, 1 had to destroy or 

 treat eight, and this season I am at it again What 

 I write for now is to ask you if the treatment 

 by which you succeeded is that described last fall 

 in Gleanings, of uncapping and spraying the 



brood, etc., with carbolic acid. 1 should like to get 

 down as near as possible to something definite in 

 regard to the extent to which disinfectants are nec- 

 essary, though I dare say that is where the great 

 difficulty lies so far as unanimity of opinion is con- 

 cerned. D. A. Jones claims that he has been un- 

 able to disinfect combs, and that the honey must be 

 extracted and boiled, the combs melted down and 

 the hive, etc., boiled, and, as you know, he is no mean 

 authority; while Frank Cheshire doesn't remove 

 any honey, but treats the brood and bees; he doesn't 

 do any further disinfecting, while you, as a precau- 

 tionary measure, 1 presume, spray the hive and 

 quilt. How to reconcile these things I am at a loss. 

 Have you any settled opinion regarding disinfec- 

 tion, and would you have any hesitation in inter- 

 changing frames, quilts, or hives, of the cured col- 

 onies with others. Most of my curing has lieen on 

 the D. A. Jones plan, and I submit the hives, 

 frames, and quilts, to a 1.5-minutes' ordeal of scorch- 

 ing steam in a tank made purposely. I set it on 

 the stove, with about an inch of water in. 



Gait, Out., June 14, 1888. R. W. McDonnell. 



The plan put forth, of uncapping and 

 spraying with carbolic acid, was given only as 

 an experiment. Further developments show 

 that it does nothing more than prevent 

 the spread of the disease, and this was so re- 

 ported at the time. The plan on which we 

 cured foul brood is essentially the same as 

 D. A. Jones's. Every colony, after being 

 treated according to his plan, was sprayed 

 with a weak solution of carbolic acid, dilut- 

 ed 500 times in water. The acid, according 

 to our experience, does not cure, but simply 

 prevents the spread of the contagion to oth- 

 er colonies. There is no danger in inter- 

 changing combs from cured colonies, pro- 

 viding those colonies have been treated by 

 the starvation plan. We have done it re- 

 peatedly, without any bad results. 



CAN A BEE-KEEPER GO AFTER A SWARM OF BEES 

 ON ANOTHER MAN'S LAND? 



1 have a neighbor who does not like bees. My 

 swarms very often Hy over on his land. Now, he 

 forbids me getting them, and he says the next 

 swarm will be burned or drowned. Please tell me 

 at once the best thing to do, for I have a great feel- 

 ing for my little friends, and will spend a lot of 

 money to get satisfaction. J. H. Blanken. 



Jersey City, N. J., June 1.5, 1888. 



Friend B., there are two points to be con- 

 sidered in your question. As the legal point 

 can be disposed of in a very few woids, per- 

 haps we had better take that first. If your 

 bees or your cow or jour pig by accident 

 gets on your neighbor's ground, you have a 

 right to go to work peaceably to get your 

 property liome again, and your neighbor 

 can not legally forbid you from coming on 

 to his premises for such a purpose. But you 

 are liable for the damage you may do in 

 tramping over his garden, or destroying his 

 property in any way, and you are also liable 

 for the damage your stock may do. So you 

 see there is a big chance for a long fight and 

 an expensive lawsuit on both sides if you 

 and your neighbor are inclitied to waste 

 your money in this kind of summer recrea- 

 tion. You had better take my advice, 

 friend 15., and not have any quarrel about it, 

 even if he does drown your bees, or burn 



