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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



time to disinfect tliem. No flowers 

 were then (about June 1) yielding 

 honey, and bees went anywhere to 

 find sweets, in this neigliborliood. 

 A lot of honey was lying in the stable. 

 and several barrels were leaking, and 

 when I came into the stable one day I 

 was surprised at the number of bees 

 rising from the floor, alighting and 

 resting on tliose bee hives and then 

 making for some small windows un- 

 der the ceiling. The thonght struck 

 me at once that the bees alighting on 

 those hives would take home with 

 tliem the spores of foul brood. I pro- 

 ceeded at once to disinfect those hives 

 by cleaning them out and moistening 

 every part thereof with tlie medicine 

 by the means of paint brushes. It 

 was, however, too late. Of my 36 

 colonies of Italians bees, only 5 or 6 

 were not infected, and these now re- 

 main uninfected. The mischief just 

 being done and finding only a few, say 

 from 1 to about 10 or 12 infected cells 

 in a hive, I expected to cure the most, 

 if not all, by a few good attempts at 

 atomizing, and I succeeded with 7 or 

 8 colonies. I examined all the hives 

 at least once or twice a week thor- 

 oughly, and when September com- 

 menced, and I still found from 1 to 4 

 cells diseased in every one of the bal- 

 ance, my patience was exhausted, and 

 I immediately proceeded to the radi- 

 cal cure, I sliall describe further on, 

 what should have been adopted at 

 once, and which is the only complete 

 cure tor foul brood known to me. 



It was no small job, and I had ac- 

 complished but little ; about 4 gallons 

 of water was mixed with 10 gallons of 

 honey and a lot of quart Mason's jars 

 filled therewith ; to every jar was 

 added an ounce of foul brood medi- 

 cine thoroughly mixed and a perfor- 

 ated cover put on. I use the Lang- 

 stroth 10-frame hive. The first in- 

 fected hive was put to one side and 

 replaced by the lower story of another 

 clean hive, provided with 10 sheets of 

 foundation, covered, and a jar of 

 medicated lioney. inverted over a hole 

 above it ; a platform was now placed 

 against the alighting board, and the 

 bees of every comb of the infected 

 hive were brushed on the same and 

 made to enter together with all the 

 rest. It will not take them long to 

 empty these jars, which should be re- 

 placed by full ones as soon as empty 

 until all the foundations are built out, 

 and the bees have honey enough to 

 winter on. The old combs can be 

 extracted and rendered into wax, but 

 great care should be taken that no 

 bee alights on them nor on anything 

 else pertaining to an infected hive. 



It is stated by good authority that 

 the spores of foul brood are made 

 harmless through the boiling process, 

 but I bury the remnants of combs, 

 and render wax at night so that bees 

 are excluded entirely. The hives and 

 frames are disinfected thoroughly by 

 means of a good atomizer, or the 

 medicine is applied by a paint brush, 

 not a part must be missed. After the 

 first hive is disinfected, as described, 

 it answers the purpose of a new one. 

 and can be used for the next infected 

 colony which is subjected to the same 

 treatment as the first, and so on. My 



atomizer is always ready, filled with 

 the medicine, and my fingers and 

 knife are disinfected at intervals, and 

 wlien I leave an infected colony. This 

 cure is complete and has been tried 

 by me. perhaps a hundred times or 

 more. No combs from an infected 

 colony should be used again in a 

 healthy one, because one of those 

 spores smaller than a speck of dust, 

 invisible to the naked eye. attached 

 to the comb, is sure to breed mischief. 



My foul brood medicine is the same 

 as given at our last meeting and in 

 "Practical Hints." It will do no 

 harm to repeat it. The following is 

 the formula : 16 grains salicylic acid, 

 16 grains soda borax, and 1 ounce of 

 water. It is cheap, can be put up by 

 every druggist, and every bee-keeper 

 should have a bottle of it ready for an 

 emergency. 



As time is money in this country of 

 ours, it may be best and cheapest for 

 us to apply brimstone to every colony 

 affected with foul brood. This, how- 

 ever, should be done at night, when 

 all the bees are at home. The hive 

 should l)e closed below, at the en- 

 trance, with a pan of brimstone ig- 

 nited, on the top of the frames, and a 

 tight cover placed over the whole. 

 The fumes of sulphur being heavier 

 than the air. descend, and kill most 

 effectually all life inside of the bee 

 hive. Bury or burn all its contents, 

 and be sure to disinfect the hive be- 

 fore you leave it. 



Too Liite. — I wish to express my re- 

 gret that the call made by Prof. Cook, 

 requesting that the different foundii- 

 tion machines Ite at the National Con- 

 vention, reached me too late. The 

 arrival of the Bek Journal to-day 

 was the first knowledge of it I had. 

 It would have been impossible for me 

 to attend in person, but would gladly 

 have sent a man with a press if I had 

 known in time that other machines 

 were expected there. 



D. S. Given. 



Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 29. 1882. 



l^The low^a Central Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will hold its annual meet- 

 ing iit the oflice of Graham & Steel, 

 Winterset. Iowa, on Friday Nov. 3, 

 1882, at 10 a. m. All interested in bee 

 culture are invited. 



Henry Wallace. 



l^'The fifth annual meeting of the 

 Northern Michigan Bee-Keepers' Con- 

 vention will be held at Pewamo, 

 Ionia County, Mich., on the second 

 Tuesday and Wednesday (10th and 

 11th) of October, 1882. Pewamo be- 

 ing on the D. & M. and II. & M. R. 

 R., it will be accessible by rail. The 

 members will do all in their power to 

 make the meeting interesting. 



H. M. ROOP, Pres. 



O. R. GooDNO, Sec. 



^"The Northwestern Bee-Keepers' 

 Convention will meet at Chicago, 111., 

 on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 18 

 and 19, 1882. The otlice of the Ameri- 

 can Bee Journal has been kindly ten- 

 dered as a place of meeting. A cordial 

 invitation is extended to all bee-keep- 

 ers, and especially those of the North- 

 western States, to be present. The 

 meeting takes place during the last 

 week of the Inter-State Industrial 

 Exposition, to enable all to obtain re- 

 duced railroad rates. First session at 

 10 a. m. 



C. C. Miller, Pres. 



C. C. COFFINBERRY, jSec. 



l^The Union Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation of Maryland, Virginia and 

 West Virginia, will meet at Hagers- 

 town, in the room of the County Com- 

 missioners, at the Court House, on 

 Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1882, at 1 o'clock^ 

 p. m., the session to last two days. 

 The Washington County Fair will 

 then be in progress, which will give 

 persons an opportunity to attend the 

 exiiibition. All persons intending to 



fo will please drop me a card, so that 

 may secure for them half-fare rates. 

 J. Luther Bowers, Sec. 



i^The N. W. Bee-Keepers' Asso- 

 ciation of La Crosse, will meet in the 

 City Hall in La Crosse on Friday, Oct. 

 13. 1882. All interested are invited to 

 be present. G. J. Pammel. Sec. 



^° The fall meeting of the North- 

 ern Ohio Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held in Whittlesey Hall. Nor- 

 walk. O., Saturday, Oct. 21, com- 

 mencing at 9 a. m. A full attendance 

 is solicited, as it will be a meeting of 

 more than usual interest. Principal 

 subject for discussion : "How shall 

 we winter our bees without loss ';"' 

 S. F. Newman, iS'ec. 



^"The annual meeting of the Ma- 

 honing Valley Bee-keepers' Associa- 

 tion will be held at Berlin Center. 

 Mahoning Countv. in the town liall on 

 Friday and Saturday the litth and 20th 

 of January, 1883. All bee-keepers are 

 invited to attend and send essays, pa- 

 pers, implements, or any thing of in- 

 terest to the fraternity. A full at^ 

 tendance is requested of all who are 

 interested. In fact, the meetings will 

 be so interesting that you cannot 

 afford to miss them. We expect a 

 lecturer from abroad on the evening 

 of the 19th. 



Leonidas Carson, Pres. 



i^The Southern California District 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will hold 

 their annual Convention in Unioa 

 Hall, Los Angeles City. Oct. 19, 20. 

 1882, during the week of the Agri- 

 cultural Fair. The Convention prom- 

 ises to be of so much interest that no 

 bee-keeper should miss it. Ladies are 

 pressingly invited to attend. 



J. E. Pleasants. Pres. 



®"The Tuscarawas Valley Bee- 

 Keepers' Association will hold their 

 next meeting in Wilgus Hall. New- 

 comerstown, O.. on Tuesday. Oct. 10, 

 instead of Oct. otii. This change is 

 made in order to allow members to 

 visit the National Convention at Cin- 

 cinnati. 



J. A. BucKLEW, Sec. 



