THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



157 



5. Would you consider it square- 

 dealing to sell a customer Langstroth 

 improved iiives and deliver ttie Sim- 

 plicity, American, or any other in- 

 stead y 



6. Is it safe or prudent to try D. A. 

 Jones' foul brood cure, before the 

 middle of May, in this latitude, or 

 until past freezing 'i Do you prefer it 

 to any other way V I expect I have 

 other colonies that may need to be 

 treated for that disease in the spring, 

 and you will confer a favor by an- 

 swering these few questions through 

 the Bee Journal, with which lam so 

 well pleased. O. B. Scofield. 



York, Maine, March 5, 1883. 



1. I have never seen a case of foul 

 brood. I suppose it to be a bacterious 

 disease of the brood, and do not tliink 

 it is caused by chilling at all. I know 

 that chilling does not cause it alone. 



2. " Bees " never die of or have the 

 disease. It is a disease of the "brood ;" 

 it is not foul bees. 



3. Yes ; if the old colony had the 

 disease, I should not expect such 

 results. 



5. Perhaps the Simplicity may be 

 called, by some, an improved Langs- 

 troth, but I think it a degenerated 

 Langstroth hive. However, lean see 

 no reason for advertising the name 

 as well as the kind of hive, where the 

 name is so well established and 

 known. Of course, it would not be 

 right to send an American hive when 

 a Langstroth was ordered. 



6. I would rather wait till they 

 fly, and draw out comb foundation for 

 the new combs. I think that the plan 

 of Mr. Jones is the best and most 

 practical piece of advice ever given 

 by him. The plan is in perfect keep- 

 ing with the laws that I have always 

 supposed governed all bacterial dis- 

 eases, and not too complicated to be 

 profitable to one wlio has many colo- 

 nies affected. 



Convention Notices. 



1^ The Central Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Association holds its spring 

 convention at Lansing, in the State 

 Capitol building, on Tuesday, April 

 17, 1883, 9 a. m. Programme : Presi- 

 ■dent's address ; Essays: Prof. A. J. 

 €ook, on Wintering Bees ; S. C. Perry, 

 on Cliaff Hives; C. Case, on Comb 

 Honey; O. S. Smith, oiitlie Best Bee; 

 A. D. Benham, on Extracted Honey ; 

 Mr. Harper, on Queen-Rearing ; Mr. 

 Waldo, on Best Method of Wintering 

 Out of Doors, in Single- Walled Hives ; 

 E. N. Wood, on Sections ; and E. 

 Oreeiiaway, on Comb Foundation. All 

 bee-keepers are invited to attend or 

 send essays, papers, implements or 

 anything of interest to the fraternity 

 A full attendance is requested. 



E. N. Wood, Sec 



North Lansing, Mich. 



^^ The Eastern Michigan Bee- 

 Keepers' Society, will hold its annual 

 meeting in Detroit, April 3, in Ab- 

 stract Hall, commencing at 10 a. m. 

 The following subjects will be brought 

 up for discussion : What is the best 

 means of extending the honey marketV 

 At wliat price can honey, either comb 

 or extracted, be afforded V Is there 

 danger of over-production i* Has glu- 

 cose aflected your market, and if so. 

 how ? What is the best test for glu- 

 cose ? In judging queens, what points 

 are to be considered, and wliat is the 

 order of their importance i* Foul 

 brood, and its prevention and cure. 

 An interesting meeting is expected. 

 A. li. Weed, Sec. 



75 Bagg St., Detroit, Mich. 



H^ The Western Bee- Keepers' As- 

 sociation meets at Independence, Mo., 

 April 28, 1883. 



S. W. Salisbury, Sec. 



A Bee Paradise. 



What we lack here, to promote 

 great interest in bees and honey, is 

 simply lirst-class apiarists. Some of 

 our best ones should come here and 

 settle among us, in our most beautiful 

 Shenandoah Valley, which is one of 

 the best places on earth for raising 

 bees and lioney. Good crops of honey 

 never fail here, though they are much 

 better some years than others. We 

 want good and true apiarists who will 

 aid others in attending to their bees, 

 rearing queens, furnishing supplies, 

 etc. My apiary, " Bee Cottage," is 

 about 200 yards from ray main build- 

 ing, and it is surrounded by a pretty 

 grove of evergreens. This is a great 

 country for bees and honey, but there 

 is not a single first-class apiarist in 

 any of it. E. C. Jordan. 



Stephenson's Depot, Va. 



[Here is a fine chance for those who 

 want to escape the rigors of our 

 Northern winters.— Ed.] 



Wintering Bees iu Canada. 



I had 3 colonies of bees in the 

 spring; one Italian, and two blacks ; 

 increased to 9 good colonies, and got 

 98 lbs. of comb lioney, and 12 lbs. of 

 extracted. I have 3 on the summer 

 stands and 6 in a neighbor's bee- 

 house. I looked at them, and all ap- 

 pear in fine condition. 



W. J. Norfolk. 



Stratford, Ont., March 12, 1883. 



Bees in Splendid Condition. 



Bees, in southeastern part of Indi- 

 ana, have wintered well, so far as 

 hsard from. Mine are in splendid con- 

 dition, although the weather was so 

 changeable. I do not remember a 

 winter as wet as the last. The mer- 

 cury was 5° below zero to 60^ in the 

 shade. J. W. Sturwold. 



Haymond, Ind., March 9, 1883. 



Bees Under the Snow Still. 



My bees are all under the snow to- 

 day, and it is still snowing. We have 

 had 116 days of sleighing tliis winter, 

 and prospects are good for it a month 

 yet. March 1 and 2 were warm and 

 pleasant days, and the bees had a 

 good flight. My SO colonies all an- 

 swered to roll call; no signs of dysen- 

 tery. J. H. Kennedy. 



Little York, N. Y ., March 13, 1883. 



Clieap Bee Feeder. 



For a liandy and simple feeder that 

 costs scarcely nothing, go to the store 

 where they sell cigars, and get the 

 small-sized box, tear out the paper 

 and take a piece of lath and saw it, 

 so that it will fit across the short way 

 of the box, yi inch from the end, and 

 let it come within % an inch of the 

 top of the box and nail fast ; then cut 

 a hole in the small space at the bot- 

 tom, and run sealing wax all around 

 the corners and the bottom edge, and 

 you will have a feeder not costing 

 much, and as good as any. You can 

 set it on the frames and feed at night, 

 or you can put 4 of them on at once, 

 if you want to. Put a stone or brick 

 onthe lid to keep the heat of the bees 

 from warping the lid. For fall or 

 spring feeding it is good and cheap, 

 and any one can make it. March 

 came in warm ; the thermometer on 

 the 1st was 64° above, and on the 2d 

 it was 52°. I took a look through 4 

 colonies, and found them in fine con- 

 dition, witli brood in three frames. 

 Bees have wintered well in this part 

 of the country. R. P. Williams. 



Goldsmith, Ind. 



My Report. 



Colonies in spring, 66; fall, 121; 

 honev obtained, comb, 1,500 lbs.; ex- 

 tracted, 2,.500 lbs.; total, 4,000 lbs. 

 Wintering in bee-house, 106; out- 

 doors, 15 ; loss in bee-house, none ; 

 out-doors, 5; on hand, 116 colonies. 

 Frame used, Roop. 10x10. 



C. F. Hathaway. 



Chelsea, Mich., March 14, 1883. 



No Flight Since Nov. 1. 



My bees are in the cellar, where 

 they have been since Nov. 1, and they 

 have had no flight since. They are in 

 excellent condition. 



Emery L. Fradenburg. 



Fentonville, Mich., March 15, 1883. 



That Iowa State Convention. 



I had 23 colonies last fall ; packed 9 

 in chaff; put 4 in cellar; left the rest 

 unprotected ; lost one of the latter, 

 and many bees have died iu all the 

 hives, reducing their strength sadly. 

 I liope that some one will issue a call 

 for that State convention at Des 

 Moines. During the State Fair would 

 be a good time. I think that M. 

 Poppletou (being the vice-president 

 of the National Association) is the 

 proper person to call the convention. 

 Iowa has many bee-keepers, but no 

 conventions worthy of the name ; no 

 supply dealers, and is behind the times 

 generally. Let us have a Convention. 



Dexter, Iowa. M. E. Darby. 



