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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



may not have a copy, I make an extract 

 from the essay in question. Mr. Cheshire 

 says : 



" I have searched most carefully in 

 honey in contiguity with cells holding 

 dead larvae ; have examined samples 

 from colonies dying out with rottenness ; 

 inspected extracted honey from terribly 

 diseased colonies, and yet in no instance 

 have I found a living bacillus, and never 

 have been sure of discovering one in the 



spore condition This is quite what 



would have been anticipated, because 

 honey by its very viscosity is somewhat 



antiseptic I have tried infecting 



honey and growing bacilli in it, but 

 without the smallest approach to suc- 

 cess." 



Years ago I found not the slightest 

 danger in feeding back honey taken 

 from foul-broody colonies. The advan- 

 tage gained by extracting, is that it 

 forces the bees to take the medicated 

 syrup, which, as they particularly dis- 

 like phenol, beta naphthol, and all such 

 like drugs, is a most difficult matter to 

 do, unless absolutely starved to it. 



H. Fitz Hakt. 



Avery, La., Nov. 5, 1892. 



Bee-Keeping in Colorado. 



In the Bee Journal of Nov. 3rd is a 

 synopsis of the meeting of the Colorado 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association, and in 

 it is also the figures of Secretary 

 Knight's report, saying this year's crop. 

 The report of Secretary Knight was for 

 last year. This year has been the 

 nearest failure that the bee-keepers of 

 this State have ever experienced, but our 

 bee-men are reaping rich harvests (in 

 their minds) the coming year. This 

 seems to be a characteristic of the bee- 

 keeper generally, that, no matter what 

 the past or the present, the future has 

 a silver (this is doubly so in this "silver 

 State") lining. Faith and hope are as 

 essential to us as they are to the " pil- 

 grim and stranger here." 



This (Boulder) county has 18,000 

 colonies of bees, yet this season's crop 

 of honey will not exceed 10 tons, and 

 what is true of our county, is the same 

 throughout the State. Bees in this sec- 

 tion are in good condition generally, 

 with some parts affected with foul brood, 

 but under the present treatment we are 

 overcoming this dreadful malady. Honey 

 No. 1, one-pound sections, brings from 

 15 to 18 cents per pound; extracted, 

 from 9 to 11 cents. D. L. Tracy, 



Sec. Northern B.-K. Association. 



Longmont, Colo., Nov. 14, 1892. 



Bees in Good Condition, Etc. 



My bees are in good condition for the 

 winter. They stored plenty of nice 

 honey from "stick-weeds" for them, 

 and some for me. The forepart of the 

 season there was hardly any honey ; the 

 bees only got a living all summer until 

 September. Some of my sections were 

 partly filled with comb, and others half 

 filled. Some colonies did not start in 

 the sections. Five of my colonies cast 

 7 swarms, one of which went back. One 

 second swarm went to the woods, and I 

 put one back. I hived the other four, 

 which increased my number to 25. 



I see on page 596 that F. B. Efird is 

 having a discouraging time with his bee- 

 keeping. He must not get discouraged 

 because he did not get any sections filled 

 this season. I failed myself, as did many 

 others, so Mr. E. is not alone. " If you 

 don't at first succeed, try, try again." 



On page 805 of the Bee Journal for 

 June 16, 1892, is a mistake that I wish 

 to correct. It should read, "In a few 

 minutes she came out again." What 

 was the cause of her leaving the hive in 

 this way, at that time of the year, in 

 April ? 



The reliable American Bee Journal 

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 the cover very much — it looks bright 

 and clean. It has been changed from 

 beginning to end in great style. 



A. C. Babb. 



Greenville, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1892. 



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