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eliminate one or tlie otlier; luit the queen of 

 the weak colony, if she is a poor layer, 

 should be killed; and as a matter of precau- 

 tion the other queen should be caged for 24 

 hours before being released. 



A weak colony left by itself will be of no 

 value except for increase. By fall it may be 

 built up to a good strong colony; and if 

 there is any fall flow it may be useful in 

 gathering some surplus. But in most locali- 

 ties it will need whatever it can gather after 

 September 1 for winter stores. 



G. E. C, Ohio. — Whith is worse — European or 

 American foul brood? 



A. That depends. Some beekeepers main- 

 tain that American is not to be feared, be- 

 cause they can easily control it, while others 

 hold that European is the easier to handle. 

 The last named does not require the destruc- 

 tion of combs, and according to some of our 

 best authorities can usually be cured by re- 



(jueening with \'igorous Italian stock. If 

 European starts in a yard, it is liable to take 

 the whole apiary, because it progresses far 

 more rapidly than the American type of the 

 disease; and it may bo necessary to requeen 

 the whole apiary before any great measure 

 of relief can be expected. But European is 

 more insidious; and, as Dr. E. F. Phillips, 

 of the Bureau of Entomology, says, it doe i 

 not fight fair, because sometimes all repres- 

 sive measures fail for a time. On the other 

 hand, American, if one is careful, can always 

 be cured by shaking on foundation, taking 

 the precaution to see that no diseased honey 

 is scattered around. But when shaking, one 

 must be careful to see that the bees do not 

 swarm out. Perforated zinc should be placed 

 over the entrance to hold the queen in until 

 the swarm is really started in housekeeping. 

 Of the two diseases, we should fear the 

 American more than the European. It costs 



THE BACICEOT BUZZER. 



BV .1. H. I)()N.\UKV. 

 31<itlicr sails it's all ri'jht about thf successful hceman harinr/'tn look at cri'Viithituj iron) the bees' 

 viewpoint ; hut what she wants to knoiv is irhij then can't find some other way to ex/ircss theinsejves. 

 i<he says they just back up and push. 



