1903 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



185 



deeds are e%'iL'* Why shouldn't our gro- 

 ceries, our drug^stores, our bakeries, and 

 our meat-shops have screens in front of 

 them? As to treating', a penniless old drunk 

 once told me that, without a cent of money, 

 he could get all the liquor he wanted at 

 an3' time. All he had to do was to hang' 

 around with the crowd and take his drink 

 when some one else who had money was 

 disposed to "set 'em up." Four or five 

 fellows walk into a saloon at the invitation 

 of one of them. One treats. No. 2 con- 

 cludes he had better treat; and so on, every 

 man, if he has any monejs " sets 'em up," 

 and all the hangers-on, without money and 

 without price, drink to his health (?). By 

 the time each has had five drinks, when the 

 natural appetite would crave but one, they 

 are pretty "bummy." The treating habit 

 is not seen in any but the American saloon. 

 Yes, let us pull down the screens and also 

 stop this treating'. Let us knock out one 

 prop after another until the whole miser- 

 able business totters. — Ed.] 



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An error occurs on p. 160 of our previous 

 issue. In speaking of sulphur as a cure 

 for paralysis, Mr. Pierce meant to say, " I 

 then gave them another good dose, larvae, 

 eggs, bees, and all, and in about two 

 weeks the disease had entirely disappear- 

 ed." As printed, it said the bees had dis- 

 appeared. 



I have been asked several times to make 

 out a list of the principal German and 

 French bee journals, with their addresses. 

 For the benefit of our German readers, and 

 perhaps others, I here give the names of all 

 that come to our office. It would be well to 

 remark that German bee journals represent, 

 as a general thing, some particular section 

 or organization, the journal being publish- 

 ed for the special benefit of such, just as 

 trade journals are here. In this country 

 each journal stands on its own merits, and 

 tries to teach the best methods for the entire 

 United States. 



Deutsche Imker aus Bohmeti (Bohemian 

 Bee-keeper) is a fine journal in every re- 

 spect. It has about 32 pages besides a 

 large amout of advertising. It is published 

 in Prague (Prag), Bohemia. It is edited 

 by Hans Bassler. 



Bietienwirthschaftliches Centralblatt is 

 published in Hannover, Prussia, Georg- 

 strasse 32 (32 George Street). It is 38 

 years old, and quite progressive. 



Leipziger Bienen-Zeitiing. This, as its- 

 name indicates, is published in Leipzig, 

 Germany. I suspect more Germans w^ould 

 be interested in this journal than any other 

 one printed in Germany. The issue for Feb- 

 ruary has 16 pages of reading-matter and 

 24 of advertising, and is, in this respect, 

 the best-patronized bee journal I have seen. 

 Much attention is paid to questions and 

 answers, and to gleanings from other jour- 

 nals. The price is 40 cents for Americans. 



Bienenzucht (Bee Culture) is edited by F. 

 Gerstung, Ossmannstedt, Thuringia, Prus- 

 sia. It has 16 pages, and is beautifully 

 printed. 



lllustrierte IMonatsblaetter fuer Bienen- 

 zucht. This is edited and published by 

 one of the most prominent bee-writers in 

 Europe, Mr. Thodore Weippl. The ad- 

 dress is Klosternenburg, near Vienna, Aus- 

 tria. It has 20 pages, beautifully illustrat- 

 ed. Most German bee journals are almost 

 entirely destitute of pictures. The number 

 under consideration has a view of the field 

 seen in a microscope, four inches in diam- 

 eter, showing plainly the germs of foul 

 brood. The article accompanying is de- 

 signed to show the identity of Bacillus alvei 

 (the germs of foul brood) and Bacillus mes- 

 entericus, often found on potato-peelings. 

 There seems to be increasing doubt, I be- 

 lieve, as to the identity of these scourges. 



The French journals will be mentioned in 

 the next issue. 



El Colmenero Espanol is one of the best 

 foreign journals that reach us. It is made 

 up largely of that which is of interest in 

 most other foreign journals. Here is some- 

 thing relative to the introduction of queens, 

 which I never saw yet, and may be worth 

 trial. I translate it from the Spanish: 



" When I introduce a new (lueen to a col- 

 ony I take away the old mother and give to 

 the bees a new queen inclosed in a cage. 

 The next day I go back and take the cage 

 out and submerge it for an instant in cold 

 water, and, without waiting, let the queen 

 run loose among the bees. 



" Queenless colonies, those having too 

 many drones, or which have laying work- 

 ers, are treated in this way. Since doing 

 this I have not lost a queen, and have not 

 injured one, either native or foreign. 



" I think it well to add a few observa- 

 tions, based on my experience, as to the 

 reason for the fa%'orable reception of the 

 queen that has been submerged in that sort 

 of bath. When the queen finds herself so 

 wet in the hive she remains motionless on 

 the comb, numbed by the cold water. It is 

 admitted that a queen which remains quiet 

 inside of a hive is not so readily attacked 

 by the bees as one that runs around in an 

 agitated manner here and there. The bees 

 get near her and suck oft" the water cover- 

 ing her, without molesting her in any man- 

 ner. It is needless to say that, after hav- 

 ing dried her, they will not kill her. Per- 

 haps, on account of her bath, she loses her 

 distinctive odor." 



