GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Tlie Akahoshi apiary, Itozu, Kokura, Buzen, Japan. 



all the fitting's of the hive — frames, combs, 

 and followers. As for the hives, bottom- 

 boards, and covers, a thick coat of white 

 lead and oil applied on evei'y surface, inside 

 and out, will bury beyond resurrection 

 every foul-brood germ, and will add to the 

 lasting quality of the hive : or burning over 

 with the gasoline-torch will do. Painting, 

 however, is more quickly and cheaply 

 done. 



Cleaning up and starting anew a large 

 yard at this place, I both scorched and 

 painted the hives and outfit (of course de- 

 stroying all the combs and frames) and 

 raked off and cleaned the yard and bee- 

 house. For two seasons there has been no 

 further sign of the disease. I have enlisted 

 all of the out beekeepers in our fight. The 

 initial cost of our plan was gi-eater, may 

 be; but we feel well repaid because we are 

 done with that question. 



The owners of this yard — bright, enter- 

 prising young men — had built up a splen- 

 didly equipped apiary, with all the latest 

 improvements, and had run it only three 

 years, when they sent to a queen-breeder 

 for a lot of queens with nuclei. These had 

 foul brood, and, not knowing any thing 

 about the disease, the first notice the owners 

 had was that their yard was rotten with it. 

 Now this thing ought to be stopped. It 

 can be stopped if the bee journals get busy. 

 No man ought to be permitted to send bees 



or queens any distance, without a certifi- 

 cate from some competent authority, stating 

 that the apiary is free from foul brood. 

 We argue, theorize, and experiment too 

 much, and the system has spread the mal- 

 ady nearly all over the country, when it 

 should be a simple matter of destroying 

 and quarantine. By being watchful the 

 approach may be discovered, and one may 

 have to destroy only a hive or two. More 

 attention should be given to rearing of 

 queens whose progeny are more nearly im- 

 mune to the disease. 

 Letohatchie, Ala. 



[Some beekeepers may take issue with 

 our coiTespondent. The man who has no 

 foul brood, and never expects to get it, will 

 probably argue that the other chap who has 

 the disease should not sell his honey. But 

 the latter would probably take the other 

 view, on the ground that the honey itself 

 would be harmless for human consumption. 

 The only danger from such honey is from 

 empty cans thrown out back of the grocery 

 or in the back yard of the consumer, and 

 herein lies a big danger. 



Boiling honey to make Good candy does 

 a gi'eat deal of good. We know most of the 

 queen-breeders of the country personally, 

 and we are satisfied that they are doing bus- 

 iness on the golden-rule feature to the lett-er. 

 However,, there is a better way yet. The 



