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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



an argument for the use of tobacco. 

 The fact that I spoke of the use of 

 tobacco as running down the nerves, 

 would give any one an idea that I looked 

 upon the use of tobacco as deleterious 

 to health, which I do, and I would by 

 no means advise any one to become 

 habituated to its use. 

 Sneedville, Tenn., Oct. 13, 1893. 



1^ff~ Do not write anything for publication 

 on the same sheet of paper wltn business 

 matters, unless it can be torn apart without 

 Interfering with either part of the letter. 



Bees Did Splendidly. 



I am well pleased with the Bee Journal, 

 and was sorry that I had not been taking it 

 for six or eight years, as I have been keep- 

 ing bees about that long. I have on hand 

 about 75 colonies. I winter my bees in 

 small houses holding from three to six 

 hives, by packing straw or chaff, and with 

 cushions on the brood-frames. I find in 

 this way I only lose 8 or 10 per cent. I 

 have not fed over half a barrel of sugar in 

 five or six years. My bees did splendidly 

 this year. Alfeed Fields. 



Marion, Ind., Oct. 22, 1893. 



After-Swarraing' — Diseased Bees. 



On page 534, Mr. R. Dart gives a method 

 of preventing after-swarms which works 

 well, but the amount of hive turning re- 

 quired is too much for a woman or a feeble 

 man. I have a plan on the same principle, 

 only in place of turning the hive the second 

 and third times. I only reverse the entrance 

 by taking the end cleat of the bottom-board 

 and putting it in front in the entrance, and 

 the same time change the looks of the hive 

 by putting a coffee sack or other cloth over 

 the front of the hive ; and on the eighth 

 day after swarming remove the old hive to 

 a new stand. 



But I have worked out a new and better 

 way yet, but have only tried it to a limited 

 extent. This last plan is promising great 

 success, and I may give it later on. 



I am very fond of bees, and make new 

 experiments all the time. I used up 2 colo- 

 nies of bees last season, lost several good 

 queens by clipping their wings too short, 

 and just now I notice a disease among the 



bees, especially the Italians, which puzzles 

 me. The diseased bees are young, but old 

 enough for field bees. They lay in front of 

 the hives in the morning, with their honey- 

 sacs full of honey, the same as if they were 

 chilled, and, if put in a warm room, they 

 come to life again. I am sure these bees 

 are not bloated, nor are they filled with 

 water. They are filled with pure honey. 



If anybody knows something about a case 

 like the above, please let us hear about It 

 through the Bee Journal. 



Chippewa Falls, Wis. August Bahtz. 



My Experience with Bees. 



Last fall I bought 2 colonies of bees for 

 $5.00, and moved them home one fine even- 

 ing. Then I heard there was a bee-keeper 

 one-half mile east of our town, so I went to 

 see him one day, to find out something 

 about bee-keeping. He told me all he knew 

 about bees. He had an apiary of 135 colo- 

 nies, and was a reader of Gleanings. I 

 bought of him that paper for 1884 and 1885 

 for .y.1.00. and commenced to read about 

 bees, and got immensely interested in bee- 

 keeping. Shortly afterward I bought 8 

 more colonies of bees. 



On Nov. 19th I put my 10 colonies into 

 the cellar. The honey crop is poor here. I 

 got 40 pounds of comb honey, and 30 pounds 

 of extracted honey, with no increase. I 

 think I will have better results next year. 

 Next winter I shall prepare some of the 

 colonies for wintering on the summer 

 stands. 



I like the American Bee Journal, and 

 could not keep bees without it. 



Axel R. Johnson. 



Cambridge, Ills., Oct. 23, 1893. 



The Treatraent of Foul Brood. » 



It is obvious to me that there has been 

 enough said in the columns of the Bee 

 Journal about the much-dreaded disease 

 of foul brood, which, if heeded, would en- 

 able all bee-keepers, who have foul brood 

 in their apiaries, to rid them of that 

 plague. But there are so many crosses 

 and different opinions that it is hard for 

 one to tell which remedy will produce the 

 best result, if we have had no previous ex- 

 perience along the line. 



I cured the disease in 30 colonies by put- 

 ting the bees in clean hives, on frames with 

 foundation starters, letting the bees build 

 new combs. Mr. McEvoy says that in 

 some cases he succeeded in this way. when 

 the disease was not very bad. My bees 

 were not rotten with the disease, but I 

 could find some 200 or 300 dead larvae in 

 each colony. I know of aqother apiary that 

 was cured of the disease in this way, after 

 running from 85 colonies down to 15. This 

 was done three years ago, and it has not 

 had any foul brood since. 



Mr. E. R. Roofs description of the dis- 

 ease on page 374, just fits my case exactly, 

 and all the other authorities I have ever 

 read on symptoms of it, thus making it 



