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GLEANINGS IN BEE OULttJRfi 



EUROPEAN FOUL BROOD, CHRONIC AND ACUTE 



BY G. W. JOICE 



On page 102, Feb. 1, Timberline Riggs 

 describes a plan that I once thought would 

 revolutionize the foul-brood question. I did 

 that crowding stunt as Mr. Riggs recom- 

 mends it, and it worked in some cases. It 

 did very well where the colony was in fair 

 shape so that it was not necessary to crowd 

 lower than two Hoffman frames. 



I am surprised that Mr. Riggs never 

 heard of a case of European foul brood in 

 bees taken from trees. I have found plenty 

 of it in the combs and the brood. Mr. 

 Riggs seems to have the opinion that, ow- 

 ing to the bees being closely confined in 

 trees, they are able to cope successfully 

 with the disease. I have seen hollow trees 

 occupied by bees that contained more va- 

 cant space and a larger spread of combs 

 than any domestic colony, and there was 

 no disease. I have also noted a fair-sized 

 colony cooped up in a hole containing no 

 more space than four Hoffman frames, and 

 with plenty of European foul brood. 



With all due respect to Mr. Riggs, I wish 

 to state that, after trying his cure for two 

 seasons, I will positively guarantee that it 

 will not cure in all cases, altho it checks it 

 to a certain extent in most cases, and prob- 

 ably cures in some cases. In this location 

 European foul brood just hangs around, 

 sometimes a few cells here, sometimes there, 

 and occasionally we have a season without 

 seeing any. Thus far it has never been a 

 serious pest, altho it may break out in an 

 acute form at any time. 



I feel very sorry for Bro. Holtermann; 

 and with the number of colonies he usu- 

 ally has on hand, and the disease such as 

 T have had in a few colonies, I should be 

 looking at the dark side of the cloud also. 

 Here is hoping for things to turn out for 

 the better. 



Page 107, Arthur C. Miller tells us why 

 we fail in using his " distress " method of 

 introducing queens. Arthur may have his 

 system jDerfected for himself, but I cannot 

 make the queen behave at the same time the 

 bees are behaving. He speaks as tho he 

 knew just how to do the stunt — he is al- 

 ways so sure of a thing when he tells about 

 it — but with this " distress " method I am 

 unable to succeed as well as with the cage 

 and candy method. He says, " Create the 

 distress; see that it is continued for ten 

 minutes; and you never need worry as to 

 the safety of the queen." Correct. When I 

 bury a hen I never need worry as to her 

 safety. I know where she is. But with the 

 queen it is different, for she may be miss- 

 ing. 



I should be willing to accept my results 

 and keep quiet, but I think of the time 

 when I was an amateur (perhaps I am yet), 

 experiencing all kinds of mistakes. Then 

 I would have thanked some one to tell me 

 to go slow on the new idea; but I waded 

 right in and got my experience with my 

 knowledge, something like Dr. Miller. 



Edon, Ohio. 



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GLEAMING MOMENTS 



BY GRACE ALLEN 



Oh! I greet you all with singing, and I come 

 to you rejoicing; 

 Of those moments I come chanting when 

 your hearts were like a flame. 

 All your glimpses of life 's glory in my verses 

 I come voicing, 

 And I would that I could celebrate each 

 one of you by name. 



One and all — oh! you have had them — 

 moments high and unforgotten, 

 When a sudden sweetness stirred you or a 

 sudden wideness thrilled, 

 Or a sudden vision swept you with intensity 

 begotten 

 Of your longings and your yearnings and 

 the things you would have willed. 



Just a blossom may have brought it, or an 

 orchard in the budding, 

 Or a poet or a prayer, or the sunlight on 

 the trees- — • 

 But it came, dear hearts, it came! perhaps 

 in spring when life was flooding, 

 And the morning was a-tingle with the 

 witchery of bees. 



So I come to you with singing, and I hail 

 you with rejoicing. 

 And those moments I come chanting when 

 your hearts were like a flame; 

 And I would that I could fold them in a 

 verse forever voicing 

 All your ecstacy of answer when your 

 gleaming moments came! 



