1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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brood just sealed (drone-brood is the best, 

 but take some of both, say five pounds, or 

 more would be better), put it out some cold 

 night, or put it near ice if the weather is 

 not cold. Let it stay one night, then put 

 it in a warm place, about one-third or one- 

 half of the bulk covered in water. Keep it 

 moist and away from bees for three weeks. 

 By this time the germs of foul brood will 

 be developed. The mass of brood must be 

 kept in bulk, and kept moist in a warm 

 place after the first night. If it dries or 

 freezes the most of three weeks, bacillus 

 alvei would not be developed from the 

 germ. 



Now expose this to your bees, and note 

 the result. I know this is not in accord- 

 ance with the views of most bee-keepers, 

 but that does not keep it from being a fact. 

 Certain decomposition will develop the 

 germs that produce most of the diseases of 

 the human family ; it will also among the 

 bees. 



I do not believe God made foul brood and 

 gave it to the bees in the beginning ; if he 

 did not, there was a time when it started. 



If anybody, or everybody, wants to say 

 anything against this, just let them say it. 

 It will not hurt my feelings ; though I know 

 they are not quite all against me. I be- 

 lieve it was Mr. Coggshall, of New York, 

 who claimed that quantities of chilled 

 brood would cause foul brood. 



The authors are correct in regard to the 

 cure of the disease if directions are strictly 

 followed. J. F. Teel. 



Elmont, Tex. 



Had Several Good Flights. 



Bees have come through the cold all 

 right, so far as I have learned, and they 

 have had several good flights lately. 



Joseph E. Shaver. 



Priedens, Va., March 4. 



Ancient Bee-Superstitions, Etc. 



I admire the contributions of the "old 

 man eloquent" of American apiculture — 

 Mr. Chas. Dadant — his early struggles, his 

 failures, and ultimate success. Born, as he 

 must have been, at the time of my honored 

 father, who, in a remote English village .50 

 years ago, took surplus honey from bees 

 through a "box," as be called it, placed on 

 top of the hive; but there, unlike Mr. 

 Dadant, his ingenuity ceased, for at the 

 fall there was the same wholesale slaughter 

 of bees by brimstone. And as late as 20 

 years ago, it was religiously necessary to 

 put the bees into mourning at the death of 

 my mother, but when he (my father) died 

 three years after, I failed to do it, to the 

 horror of friends and relatives! But to 

 their surprise the bees lived ! 



I have kept bees myself for 20 years, ofif 

 and on ; as my business takes me from 

 home, I could never manage but a few. 

 This year I am sowing down, as a trial, two 

 acres of lucerne or alfalfa. Two extra- 

 strong colonies are busy to-day gathering 

 pollen from the willows. I think. They are 

 looking quite green in the distance. The 

 bees are out on the summer stands, with 

 but a sort of shell or empty hive, with gable 

 roof to keep off the rain. Mine are blacks — 

 the only kind I could purchase here, but I 

 will Italianize them next summer. 



Ernest L. Etheridge. 



Victoria, B. C, Feb. IS. 



Score a Big One for Foundation. 



Bees in this vicinity have wintered re- 

 markably well. I have investigated re- 

 ported losses, and find nearly all perished 

 colonies were in small hives. I am having 

 made a frame that will just fit a dovetailed 

 body and super. I am using full sheets of 

 heavy brood foundation well wired — no 

 starters go with me. They don't pay. I 

 hived two swarms on Aug. 1, 1894. of equal 

 strength — No. 1 on 8 full sheets of founda- 

 tion, and No. 2 on inch strips of foundation. 

 This was right in the middle of a fine honey- 

 flow. 



No. 1 built out their foundation in 12 



days, and I placed 8 more drawn-out combs 

 above them. The honey-flow was very 

 heavy, and lasted unabated until Oct. 1. 

 By that time I extracted 128 pounds of well 

 ripened honey, which I got 12}< cents a 

 pound for, making $16. No. 2 lost lots 

 of valuable time in building crooked comb. 

 I extracted .56 pounds from them, which, at 

 121,,' cents, ^as -^T.OU; making a difference 

 of J9.00 between the two colonies. The 

 foundation cost me, with wiring, 60 cents 

 tor No. 1, and I now have 8 good strong 

 extracting-combs. 



This shows that if bees build their own 

 comb it costs the bee-keeper just i;9.00 a 

 pound, whereas we can have straight, all- 

 worker comb at 60 cents a pound. I hope 

 this will wake up some of the old fogies, 

 who persist in saying that full sheets of 

 foundation don't pay. 



J. C. Wallesmbter. 



Evansville, Ind. 



A Splendid Season Promised. 



The bees in this section are building up 

 very fast. So far the season promises to 

 be a splendid one for bees. 



L. L. Jackson. 



Soledad, Calif., March 6. 



A "Testscope" for 'Wintering. 



I have made and used a tube about 4 feet 

 long, and about 2'.j inches in diameter, to 

 put to my ear to listen to the bees during 

 the winter confinement. Being 4 feet long, 

 a man can stand while listening to the bees. 

 I can tell every weak colony, and tell every 

 one that is dead, to the very day they die, 

 if observation is made daily, no matter 

 how cold. It is simple and cheap, being 

 made thus: 



Take a piece of paper about 3x4 feet, and 

 paste it with flour paste. Have a good 

 smooth stick about i}.i feet long, and 3'.< 

 inches in diameter. First roll one round of 

 paper dry around the stick without being 

 pasted, so the stick can be pulled out when 

 the tube is made on the stick by winding 

 the paper on it. It must be borne in mind 

 that the stick must be perfectly straight, 

 and the same size from end to end. 



Some of the more expert bee-men might 

 derive some useful knowledge by using the 

 tube, or " testscope, "i as I call it. My hear- 

 ing being considerably impaired, I cannot 

 get the best results from it. 



When I make an examination with the 

 testscope, I place one end to my ear and 

 the other at the hive-entrance, without dis- 

 turbing the bees in the least. It is so much 

 better than getting on one's knees in the 

 snow or mud. I do not wish to furnish the 

 tubes. E. M. Coombs. 



Memphis, Ind. 



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