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acid ; but after having rid the apiary of 

 foul brood, burn up the smoker. Disin- 

 fect everything where possible, that has 

 come in contact with combs or hives 

 that are infected with the disease, by 

 immersing in boiling water. The hands 

 should he thoroughly washed in water 

 strongly tinctured with carbolic acid, 

 just strong enough so it will not quite 

 peel the skin oflf the hands. A solution 

 diluted 500 times, or the strength rec- 

 ommended in the phenol treatment, is 

 hardly adequate. We have tested such 

 strength in killing the germs grown 

 artilicially in test-tubes, and it seems to 

 have no effect one way or the other. 

 ■ If you are afraid of foul brood, cut 

 this article out and paste it inside of 

 your honey-house, where you can have 

 it ready for immediate reference in case 

 the disease should ever make itself man- 

 ifest in your apiary. We have carefully 

 tested personally the method we have 

 recommended above, and know that it 

 is effectual. Allow us to repeat that we 

 have carefully tested personally the acid 

 and medicine, or antiseptic treatment, 

 and have found them practical failures. 

 We are sure that our readers had better 

 not try to experiment for themselves. 

 It would be far better for them to accept 

 the dictum of somebody else who has 

 been through it all. 

 Medina, Ohio. 



CoiiTention j^otice»(. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— The next meeting of 

 the Susquehanna County Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at the Jay House, in New 

 Milfofd, Pa., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 1893, at 

 10 o'clock, a.m. All are cordially invited. 



Harford, Pa, H. M. Seeley. Sec. 



INTERNATIONAL.— The North American 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold its 24th 

 annual convention on Oct. 11. 12 and 13, 1893, 

 In Chicago, Ills. Not only is every bee-lieeper 

 in America, whether a member of the society 

 or not, invited to be present, but a special in- 

 vitation is extended to friends of apiculture 

 it every foreign land, Frank Benton. Sec. 



Washington, D. C. 



MISSOURI.— The 8th semi-annual conven- 

 tion of the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Pertle Springs (near 

 Warrensburg) Mo., on Oct. 18, 19 and 20, 

 ] 893. It is desirable that as many as can pos- 

 sibly make arrangements will be present, in 

 order that the prosperity of the Association 

 shall not suffer in these poor seasons, for 

 want of personal support. The Executive 

 Committee will prepare a program that will 

 give all an opportunity of expressing them- 

 selves on the most important subjects now 

 occupying the attention of the bee-keepers of 

 the country. Arrangements have been made 

 with the M, P. Ry. Co., for 1J4 fare, certificate 



6 Ian. Accomodations at the Pertle Springs 

 [otel will be reascmable. Bee-keepers from 

 any State and every State will be cordially 

 welcomed. P. Baldwin. Sec. 



Independence, Mo. 



^F~ Do not write ans^thing for Bublicatlon 

 on the same sheet of paper witn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 interfering with either part of the letter. 



Piping and duahking of Queens. 



I have read on. page 281 that reply from 

 James H. Rose, but cannot fully make out 

 just what his belief is. Of course we want 

 to get at the truth of the matter, and if I 

 am wrong in my belief that in the case of 

 piping and quahking one free queen is 

 piping, and others In the cell quahking, 

 ready to come out if the coast was clear, 

 I shall be glad to learn the truth. Of course, 

 this refers to the case in which further 

 swarming is intended, for I think we all 

 know that when no further swarming is in- 

 tended all the queens but one are dis- 

 patched. 



Friend Rose says he will not believe as I 

 do, and says, " I have had ten young queens 

 in a hive at one time, not loose and piping, 

 but all quahking to get at each other to re- 

 duce the surplus (queens) in that hive."' 

 Now please tell us, Friend Rose, what you 

 mean by that. Do you mean those quahk- 

 ing queens were in the cell or out of the 

 cell ? And if they were quahking to get at 

 each other, what hindered them from get- 

 ting at each other ? C. C. Millek. 



Marengo, 111. 



Honey Crop an Entire Failure. 



The honey crop here is an entire failure. 

 We had only a little honey dew last spring. 

 The bees have barely sufficient stores for 

 winter. C. P. Dadant. 



Hamilton, Ills., Sept. 14, 1893. 



Much Better Crop than Last Year. 



I received a copy of the Amehican Bee 

 JouKNAL last week, and I am much pleased 

 with it. We have a much better crop of 

 honey this year than last, but a small crop 

 compared to most of the bee-keepers. We 

 had 3fi colonies, spring count, and at the 

 approach of swarming I divided, making 

 an increase of one to ten. I also built up 

 the few weak ones I had, and by so doing 

 they were all in good condition for storing 

 when the white clover opened. We got a 

 fair crop from the clover, in fact our whole 

 crop is from white clover, except a very 

 little dandelion honey. 



The basswood blossomed in great pro- 



