1892 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



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symptoms of tlir leal virulent distuisc; viz.. the 

 usual ropiiifss ami llii' t'haracloristii" odoi' as 

 fiom a rahiiu'l-maUt'i's jihu'-pol. Soinr i\\ o or 

 llifi't' yi'afs affo \m' foiiiul in ouf basswttod api- 

 ai'v Itrood siniilaily atlVi'ti'd. The laf\ a* weic 

 dead, and of a lirown colof. Al tlic lime, we 

 oalltd it fliUUd brood. It was not t'ontajrions, 

 and tinaily it went away of itself, witiiont 

 tieatnn'iit. As this discasinl brood wliieh we 

 found in our own yard rcfently oi-ciirrcd during 

 our liotti'st wcatiii'r. we (.-onld liaidly call it 

 chilled brood, altliongli we wire thoroughly 

 satisfied that it was not a oast^ of foul brood. 

 In the colony the wor^^t alTectod, the queen 

 died. A new cell was given them, and in due 

 time another laying queen was in the hive. 

 Her brood was all healthy, and every thing 

 seemed to be all right. The dis(>ase. oi- what- 

 ever yt)u may call it. subse(|uently disajjpeared 

 in the otluM- two colonies. Along about this 

 lime a bee-keeper who lived some ten or twelve 

 miles away from here had found some dead 

 lirood that tallied with the description above. 

 He brought us a small sample, and asked if we 

 called it foul brood. We stated what we had 

 found in our own yard, and added that we did 

 not think it was aiiy thing of which he iieeded 

 to be afraid. We suggested that probably the 

 trouble might be traceable to the queen. He 

 had already removed her and introduced an- 

 other. We desired him to keep us thoroughly 

 posted, and to-day we received a letter which 

 will explain itself." 



Mr. K. R. R<>(it:—l liave not written to you before 

 concerning tlie l)ees wliich weic aft'i'cted with some- 

 tliingr wliicli I was afraid might jjiove to be foul 

 tn-<_iod, because I wished to write sometliing' definite. 

 Number 38 was tlie worst affected. Tiie queen died, 

 and cells were capped, but failed to hatcli. I g-ave 

 Them a youne; queen, but slie was not received, and 

 was then united witli anotlier colony, and now is 

 all rig-ht. One-tliird of tlie brood in every fi'ame 

 of No. 38 at tlie time the old queen died failed to 

 hatch. No. 88 was g-iven a new queen, and is all 

 riRlit to-day, as is also No. 109. I am very g-Iad that 

 your opinion proved to be correct in regard to its not 

 being foul brood. I should hardly think that it was 

 starved brood with plentj' of honey in the hives; 

 and it was not chilled brood. 



Bees have been storing h(mej' well for the past 

 week, and a g'ood many are now working on the 

 second tier of sections, but 1 suppose basswood will 

 soon be over. U. P. Prince. 



Litchfield, O., July 13. 



From the above it would look as if there were 

 an ovarian trouble with the queen: that the 

 eggs, at the time they were deposited in the 

 cells, were disea.sed: and that the disease, after 

 the larva? began to grow, developed and finally 

 killed the grub just before or just after the cell 

 was capped over. 



Perhaps some of our readers may think we 

 were deceived, and that what appeared in Mr. 

 Prince's yard, and also our own, was real foul 

 brood. We have seen that disease too much to 

 be deceived. It never disappears of itself — 

 that is, when half of the brood is dead in the 

 comb. With us, changing the queen never had 

 any effect. 



Perhaps we might also state, that we have 

 had ri'ports of a similar malady in various parts 

 of the United States. The strange part of it is. 

 that it occurred just before the honey-flow, and 

 it is barely possible that the larva; had been 

 starved: but this, you say. does not seem so 

 plausible >* hen we" consider that the disease 

 went off when the queens were changed: but, 

 mark you. the change of queens was simul- 

 taneous with the beginning of the honey-flow. 



Now. if this sort of disease has been going on 

 year after year in different apiaries, it is quite 

 probable that it has been mistaken for foul 

 brood: and hence experimenters trying salt, 

 carbolic acid, and a great many other things. 



concludt^ that their nostrum cured the disease, 

 and of course rush into print heralding their (?) 

 discovery: when the fact was, if not advanced 

 toofar.it would Have gone otl' of itself. Tliis 

 is an exceedingly important matter, and it Ix;- 

 hooves us to be sure we have foul brood before 

 we begin the ex|jensive proc<>ss of total extermi- 

 nation. Perhaps Fiof. I'ook can throw some 

 light upon the cause and cure. 



CONTROL YOUR SWARMS! 



N. D. WEST? SPIRAL WIRE QUEEN CELL PRO 

 TECTCRS AND CAGES. 



N. D. Wesi's Spiral Wire 

 Queen-Cell Protectors wil' 

 do It, and you can HE- 

 OUEENyourapiarj'dui-iiig" 

 tne swai'niiiig season. I'ro- 

 nounced the Best by sucli 

 men as Capt. J. E Heth- 

 ERiNGTON, Cherry Vallev, 

 N. Y.; P.H. ELWOOD.Stark- 

 ville, N. Y., and others. 

 Cell-Protectors, $3.00 per 

 too. or 12 for Wic. by mail. Cages, $.5.00 iipi- KiO, or 12 

 for $1.00, by mail. Samples of both, with circular 

 explaining, 2.") cts. The cages are used for hatching 

 queens in any hive, and sire tlie Best Bee-Escape in 

 use. Address 



N. D. WEST, Middleburgh, Schoharie Co., N. Y. 



l^'In responding- to this atlveiLi^eiM 



mention GLEANINGS. 



5-Banded Queens 



100 Now Ready for Sliipiiieiit of untested at 

 $1.00 each. This breed build and cap their sections 

 as white as snow. They are the finest breeil in the 

 world for beauty and business and gentleness. 

 Mated from hand-picked drones, and bred on Hau- 

 lon's Island, Toronto. For Ireeders and tested, 

 prices on apiJlication. 



T. C. Bee-Hive Supply & Mf&. Co., 

 Lock Bos IH. Tilbury Center, Ont., Can. 



ar-fii responding to tliis ailvtitif-einent mention (ii.KANiNdS. 



ITALIAN BEES uTtHEIR PURITY. 



Tested daughters of inqxirted (lueens, of this 

 season's rearing, mated lo drones from imported 

 and daughters of imported queens only, $1.2.5 each; 

 6 for $7.U0; $13.50 for 12. Large and prolific. Safe 

 arrival guaranteed. CLEVELAND BROS., 



15-16d Decatur, Newton Co., Miss. 



H?"ln responflinir to this .nilv." ■ i ••'•mh' iii.Mifinn r;i.KA,viNO.><. 



GREAT SALE! 



Until April 1st I will sell bee-sup|)lies for nearly 

 one-third otT my former list. Send for my new red- 

 mark price list, out, Aug. 1. free. 

 1.5tfdb IV. D. SOPER, Jackson, Mich. 



l^"In resDondinir to tills a<lvuiti'<enieiit mention Gleanings. 



TT^ANTED.— Comb and extracted honey; name 

 ''" .source from which your honey is gathered, 

 style of package, and price. 



H. G. Ca.mi', Winona. Ohio. 



G-olden Honey Queens. 



Queens in August, untested, 7.5c; six 

 for ?3.6J; tested, $1.25; select tested, 

 fJ.OO; extra select, $4 (W; the verv best, 

 $7.00: imported. $4 IKI. 1.5tfdb 



LEmnTGEB Bbos., Ft. Jennings, Ohio. 



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le to this jiiU 



^'OR SAIjE.— An apiary of 65 colonies of Italian 

 ^ bees in L. and S. liives, cheiip, with fixtures and 

 eveiything needed in an aplarN'. with honey crop If 

 bought Soon. For p;irticul;iis address 



LOUIS WEKNEK. Edwardsville, 111. 

 LF^ln responding to this advertisement mention Glkaningj. 



