fpp5. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. I7 



SI AM. the professional bee-keeper: "Large 



, brood combs, accessible from the top 



As reported in the Lahrer Missions and rear, removable supers for sur- 



blatt, Siam abounds with honey and plus honey." (The American hives 



bees (apis dorsata). In America it is pretty nearly meet these demands.) 



difficult to find bee trees, but here the 



lUge combs are seen hanging from ^ ^^j^ describes a new honey se- 

 the limbs of large forest trees. We ^^^^-^^^ pj^n^ jn Bienenvater; same 

 :ounted forty of such on one smgle j^^jj^ ^^^^ ^^^^.^j^ ^j^j^^^ ^^^ So^^l^ 

 :ree. The native bee-hunters secure giberia. It has spread from here and 

 ;he honey by setting up bamboo poles j^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ -^^ ^^^^^ tropical coun- 

 •eaching to the nests. With a lighted ^^^^^ r^^^ bloom does not appear till 

 :orch in hand they climb up, drive j^^^. ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^-^^ growth (4 

 :he bees away, and secure the honey. ^^ ^ ^^^^^^ 5^^^^ ^^^^ -^^^ ^^ p^^. 

 We bought one of the combs, which ^^^^^^ blooming plants August 10. 

 A^as half-moon shaped, three teet -q^^^^ constantly covered with bees, 

 ong and one foot wide. We also ^^^ lasting till frost. The plant 

 nought some small pieces of comb tor i^j-j^^ches out somewhat like the blue 

 )ur attendants, who were very anxious ^^.^^^^ (Echium vulgare). The bo- 

 or them. These combs contained sorne ^^^^-^^j ^^^^ -^ "Leonurus Sibivicus 

 ,'oung larvae and were greatly relish- ^„ ^^j^^ gleaner of this will try to 

 >d. The natives immersed them in ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^j^ pj^^^^ ^^^ ^^5^ j^ 

 he liquid honey and thus ate them.— ^^^^^ season, and report.) 

 ^eipz. Bztg. 



SWITZERLAND. The last speaker at the great bee- 



keepers' meeting held in Dornbirn 



In a series of articles appearing in ^^^ Franz Gloessl, who reported the 

 ;he Schw. Bztg., Prof. Burri makes condition of apiculture in Bosnia, the 

 mown the results of his investiga- extreme southern province of Aus- 

 ;ions of foul brood. He says one cell ^j-ia bordering on Turkey. He said 

 nay contain many hundred million rational bee-keeping had made ad- 

 ipores, which in shape are oval. In yances only very recently. The mov- 

 act, the contents of a cell seem to able-comb hive had been introduced 

 lave changed to spores and nothing j^y ^^g immigrants from Germany, 

 ;lse. From the summary I take the Hungary and Tivol. In 1899 he had 

 ■oUowing: There are at least two organized a bee-keepers' society, 

 iistinct kinds of bacteria producing ^hich had at the end of the first year 

 bul brood; one, bacillus alvei, the eight hundred members, mostly 

 )ther so far unknown and difficult Xurks. The society soon] made an 

 ;o cultivate, bacillus. The Professor appeal to the government and suc- 

 ilso speaks of a third but rather rare ceeded in receiving material grants. 

 )acillus of his discovery, wnich pro- Pqj. instance, no tax was to be levied 

 bees foul brood. As it seems, these q„ such hives as contained movable 

 )acilli are not yet named, but he not combs and removable supers. Bee- 

 )nly describes their nature but also keepers were furnished lumber gratis 

 jives a drawing of each, showing size £qj. constructing their hives. To fur- 

 ind shape. The bacillus alvei is the ^^^^ bee-keeping, soldiers and police- 

 argest — quite long. The second new ^nen were taught bee-keeping, etc., 

 put common bacillus is the srnallest, ^j-jj y^ere urged to keep bees v^'^hen- 

 Homewhat egg-shaped. The third but gy^i- possible. 



are bacillus is shaped like the previ- 



5us one, but much larger, not as long 



IS bacillus alvei, but more bulky. The iUKiViii. 



Professor also claims that pickled ^^^ ^^^^^ j^.bids the Turk to kill 



)rood always appears associated with '^^^.^^^ ^^^ ^^^,^^ f^, f^^d. They 



oul brood, never alone. therefore do not kill bees to obtain 



AUSTRIA t^^^i^ honey, and for that reason can 

 be easily induced to adopt movable 



Deutsche Imker makes the follow- hives and modern bee-keeping. — 



Ung demand on a bee hive suitable for Bienen Vater. 



