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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



sani'^ during the earliei* stages of 

 thai-,- existence, but the former is 

 usu;'ll3' removed b}' the bees and 

 no farther trouble ensues, I know 

 of cases where nearly- a half of the 

 larvifi has died and the owner fear- 

 ing that he had the genuine foul 

 brood, had begun burning some of 

 the colonies thus affected, and had 

 I not remonstrated the other af- 

 fected ones would have followed 

 in the same wake. They changed 

 the queens and it disappeared. 



The genuine foul brood will be 

 detected usually, first b}^ finding 

 dark, sunken cells. Soon after, 

 the bees pierce them, making a 

 small pin hole in the centre of the 

 capping. Apparently they then 

 leave in disgust, and they can 

 hardl}' be blamed as by this time 

 the cell generally contains a thick, 

 brownish, rop}' matter that seems 

 to adhere tenaciously to the bottom 

 of the cell. As it grows older it 

 recedes back from the front of the 

 cell almost covering the septum : 

 if you try to remove it, it seems to 

 [)ull or jerk back from the pinhead, 

 as if it were determined not to be 

 removed. 



vShould there only be a few cells 

 it might be a little difficult to de- 

 tect the smell readil}^ ; but, if much 

 of the brood is decayed, a most 

 disagreeable odor comes from the 

 hive. Before this stage is reached 

 other hives will no doubt have be- 

 come affected. Beekeepers should 

 watch carefully, and if symptoms 

 of the disease become manifest, 

 the} should immediately commence 

 the 'ure of their colonies by star- 

 vation as set forth in a late issue of 



the journals. If the work is prop- 

 erly done the disease is very easi- 

 ly cured and with very little loss 

 in time either to operator or colo- 

 ny. 



Beet on, Ont. 



BEE-CULTURE IN THE 

 SOUTH. 



By G. W. Demarke. 



III. 



As the demand for honey in- 

 creases, its production will increase. 

 This is the common view of the 

 case, and is certainly true, but a 

 more encouraging fact to the pro- 

 ducer is, that past experience shows 

 that increase of production is favor- 

 able to increase of consumption. 

 This has been my experience at 

 least. Five years ago I could not 

 sell at my apiarj^ fifty dollars worth 

 of honey in a season, while now 

 my retail sales at my apiary 

 storeroom has reached as high as 

 twenty or twenty-five dollars in a 

 single day. 



Honey is a production of the 

 earth, as trul}' so as is cane or 

 maple sugar, and in my opinion 

 as much depends upon the location 

 suitable for its production, as is the 

 case in the production of the latter 

 article. The greatest of all ques- 

 tions then, in the mind of the 

 specialist, in the business of honey 

 producing, will be " locality." 



If I were to ask what it takes to 

 constitute a good location for the 

 culture of the honey bee, and the 

 production of honey, the general 



