126 THE AMERICAN 



tou uor tlie Bee-Keeper iiad giveu tlie 

 vvoi-lu auyinmg iu regard to tiie tteat- 

 meut or paralysis tliat was uot kuowu 

 tweuly years ago. Tiie luiiowmg ex- 

 cerpt IS troiu uieauiugs tor April iu, 

 wliicii came to liaud just atter our 

 forms tor .uay liad closed: 



"Mr. O. O. I'oppietou, or Stuart, Fla., 

 wlio gave to ttie world ttie nrst suc- 

 cessful method of curing bee-paraly- 

 sis, by meaus of powdered sulphur, 

 has probably had as good au opportun- 

 ity of studying this peculiar disease, 

 which has hitherto baifled all efforts 

 at cure, as any other man in the Uni- 

 ted States, in the March issue of the 

 American Bee-Keeper he confirms an 

 opinion that has been expressed many 

 a time, that bee-paralysis is hered- 

 itary, or, rather, he goes on to state 

 that the "disease seems to be much 

 more prevalent in certain strains or 

 families of bees. At least four times 

 in the last ten years I have had to des- 

 troy utterly certain queens and all 

 their daughters, nearly all cases in my 

 apiary being confined to these partic- 

 ular bees. Certain queens seem to 

 transmit the germs of the disease 

 through queen daughters to their pro- 

 geny.' . 



"He observes, further, that 'colonies 

 which hive the disease one season but 

 recovered without treatment of any 

 kind, are much more liable to have the^ 

 disease next season.' And again, 'If 

 is the old bee, the field worker, that 

 dies.' 



"It may be interesting to mention at 

 this time that others have followed 

 ^ Mr. Poppletou's method of treatment 

 with entire success, which is nothing 

 more nor less than sprinkling the in- 

 fected combs, then repeating the treat- 

 ment a week or so later, and again if 

 necessary." 



Th© above extract is from the most 

 widely circulated apiarian journal in 

 the world, and one of the most ably 

 and carefully edited. Gleanings evi- 

 dently appreciytes the fact that the 

 subject under discussion is one of vi- 

 tal importance to bee-keepers, and 

 therefore, in consideration of frater- 

 nal interests, gracefully acknowledges 

 the value of Mr, Poppleton's letters, 

 as published in the American Bee- 

 Keeper. In this respect Gleanings dif- 

 fers radically from the Southland 

 Queen, which appears to think well 



BEE-KEEPER. 



June 



of everyone, excepting those who fail 

 to imbibe all the fine-spun theories 

 which take rise in, and ovei^flow from 

 Beeville, Texas. 



The point which we are accused of 

 w^orking unfairly to make, is simply 

 the fact that bee-paralysis may be 

 cured by one or two applications of 

 sulphur over the bees and combs in- 

 fected. This fact we have demonstra- 

 ted upon several occasions during the 

 past seven or eight years. Mr. Atch- 

 ley's theory is virtually that bee-par- 

 alysis is simply a case of sour stomach 

 or heartburn. If such were the case, 

 any outward application would hard- 

 ly affect it^a dose of soda would 

 doubtless be necessary- 



HENRY ALLEY TAKES A BRIDE. 



Someone has sent us the following 

 newspaper clipping relating to a re- 

 cent romance in which figured the ven- 

 erable queen-breeder of Massachus- 

 etts, whom all will wish much happi- 

 ness: 



Wenham, Mass., May 14. — The Bee- 

 man of Wenham sat in an old rustic 

 chair in the garden of his pleasant lit- 

 tle farm house on the shady side of 

 Larch rd., surrounded by budding li- 

 lac and syringa bushes. The air was 

 sweet with the fragrance of cheery 

 blossoms overhead, and the bees hum- 

 med busily to and fro fr®m the cherry 

 tree to some near-by maples. 



A short distance away the Beeman's 

 wife, and bride of seven days, was 

 putting Qut some pansy plants. She 

 was a pleasant, healthy looking wo- 

 man, past middle age, and her hair 

 was slightly gray. 



As he noted all these things the Bee- 

 man smiled, his eyes twinkled and his 

 face ligiited up. The Beeman's hair 

 was gray also. He was 69 years old, 

 though still strong and active as a man 

 of 50. Constant outdoor work had 

 kept him young and looking after his 

 boos from whom he had learned many 

 lessons, was so pleasant a task that his- 

 mind, also, had remained fresh and 

 kindly. He was of broad minded, phil- 

 osofthic disposition and besides Bee- 

 man had formerly been chief of police 

 of the town for many years and was 

 still one of its leading citizens. 



The Beeman's real name was Henry 

 Allev, he had lived in the snug farm- 



