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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



July 11, 



to " let up " when be sallies forth with this 

 weapon in band. 



This kind family bad so intrenched them- 

 selves in my affection, that it seemed hard 

 to depart. May their shadow ne'er grow 

 less. 



After a 2.5 mile run it was my pleasure to 

 stop at the gate of one of North Carolina's 

 most practical as well as successful bee- 

 keepers— J. R. Morse, of Shelby. The re- 

 port of this good friend of 100 pounds from 

 one colony, begat within my breast a spirit 

 of jealousy — though Friend M. may never 

 know of it. Here we find under able man- 

 agement, not only bee-keeping, but a pros- 

 perous dairy business, together with poul- 

 try and flne Chester pigs. His most efficient 

 help consists chiefly of his better-halt, to- 

 gether with the bright-faced little ones who 

 go about in such a quiet way one hardly 

 knows of their presence. B. 



Round Rock, N. C. June 12. 



Curing' Foul Brood. 



On page 336 is an item from John H. 

 Guenther, saying that he can cure foul 

 brood. I would like to have him tell how 

 it is done, and whether he can do it in all 

 stages and conditions. M. E. 



Hartford, Wis. 



Kve-Banded Bees. 



I want to say that I heartily endorse the 

 article on page 378. by John lIcArthur. If 

 it were more trouble to rear a queen that 

 would produce all 5-banded bees than it is 

 to rear a queen that produces 2 and 3 bands, 

 the 5-bands would lead. J. W. Hexson. 



Mt. Aerial, Ky. 



Decaying Brood. 



While looking over my apiary yesterday 

 (June 12) I found brood like the sample I 

 send you. The hive I took the sample from 

 is the worst in the yard. I have looked 

 over CO colonies and have found almost all 

 with a few scattering cells. The hive I took 

 the sample from has quite a strong colony — 

 it has six frames of brood, and they are 

 full way to the bottom. This brood appears 

 to be in spots — in some frames it is on the 

 lower edge of the comb, and some on the 

 middle, but the whole comb is affected with 

 scattering cells '. The combs in the center 

 of the hive are the worst. 



I have noticed in my other colonies, 

 where I have found this brood, that it is in 

 the center of the hive more than on the 

 outside frames. All of my strongest colo- 

 nies appear to be affected with the brood; 

 in colonies that are almost ready to swarm 

 I found some of it. I have been in the bus- 

 iness for over eight years, and I have never 

 seen anything like this. I have seen lots of 

 dead brood, but the bees would always re- 

 move it readily, but they don't like to take 

 hold of this stuff. They will gnaw the tops 

 of the cells, and that is as far as they go 

 with it. It dries dowu in the bottom of the 

 cell like a little scab, and then they dig it 

 out sometimes. 



I have noticed some colonies where it is 

 just affected, that the larvop will straighten 

 out and die before it is capped, and some 

 will be almost fully developed to a bee. I 



was afraid it was foul brood, so I took a 

 sample to D. H. Van Alstine. who has been 

 in the business for over 3.5 years, and whose 

 bees had foul brood once, and he said he 

 never saw anything like it, and wanted me 

 to send a sample to the Bee Journal office. 

 Please examine it and let me know what it 

 is, and what to do to get rid of it. I have 

 found it in my weak colonies scattered the 

 same as the others. D. B. Webek. 



Seward, N. Y. 



[I forwarded the sample of comb to Mr. 

 McEvoy, Ontario's foul brood inspector, 

 who writes as follows concerning it:] 



Mr. D. B. Weber's colonies have got into 

 a very unhealthy condition, from so much 

 decaying brood. He should remove all 

 such combs from the brood-chambers, so 

 that they can't be used for brood-rearing, 

 and give all such colonies full sheets of 

 foundation to work out and rear brood in. 

 If I had charge of Mr. Weber's apiary I 

 would take the diseased combs out of all 

 the strongest colonies first, and fill the 

 brood-chambers with nothing but founda- 

 tion after removing «'«•?/ comb. Then I 

 would take the combs of diseased brood and 

 tier them up on the weakest colonies for 

 about 10 days, so as to get a lot of the good 

 brood hatched out of them, which would 

 make strong colonies of the weak ones ; 

 then at the end of 10 days I would take 

 away all the old combs and shake the bees 

 into a hive filled with foundation. By do- 

 ing this be would end the season with nice 

 new comVis in every hive, and then brood- 

 rearing would be carried on in clean, 

 healthy combs. 



If Mr. Weber's bees are not gathering 

 any honey he will have to feed sugar syrup 

 while the bees are drawing out the founda- 

 tion, and aUfreding should be done in the 

 erenings. He should make wax of all the 

 old combs when they are done with. 



Woodburn, Ont. Wm. McEvot. 



Too Dry Weather for Bees. 



The weather still keeps very dry in this 

 locality, and bees are doing nothing. I 

 have 50 good, strong colonies that were 

 good, strong colonies when spring opened, 

 still I have not had a swarm nor a pound 

 of honey, and not much prospect of any 

 unless basswood and fall flowers yield 

 some. ^ 



I would like to say a word about 5-banded 

 bees. Myself and one of my neighbor bee- 

 keepers bought some to replace some good 

 blacks and hybrids, and the result was 

 every one of them are gone, and we don't 

 care for any more just now. Still, it was a 

 very bad winter here on bees, a good many 

 losing all they had. 



Let us here from some others in Michi- 

 gan, in the American Bee Journal, and 

 please name the county you live in. 



F. E. Gibson. 



Racy, Saginaw Co., Mich., June '20. 



ItliKlers for this size of the American 

 Bee Journal we can furnish for 75 cents 

 each, postpaid; or we will club it with the 

 Bee Journal for a year — both for .?1.(J0. We 

 have a few of the old size (Cx9) Binders 

 left, that we will mail for only 40 cents 

 each, to close them out. 



A Cirand lleo-Sniokoi- is the one 



offered by W. C. R. Kemp, Orleans, Orange 

 Co., Ind. It has a 3-inch fire-barrel, burns 

 all kinds of fuel, and is simple, etficient and 

 durable. Send 100 cents for a sample 

 smoker, and you will have a rare bargain. 



Honey & Beeswax Market Qootations. 



CHICAGO, III., June ".—We have our usual 

 dull season which we look forward lo and ex- 

 pect. Honey is entirely lorifotlen during the 

 months of June. July and August. The mar- 

 ket is pretty well cleaned U[)of all grades of 

 honey, so the prospects are encouraging for 

 the coming season. We are getting i iBSHc. 

 for light comb. J. A.L. 



KANSAS CITr, Mo,. June 19.— Supply and 

 demand is light. We quote: No. 1 white, 1- 

 Ibs.. 13@14c.; No. 2 white. 12@13c.:No. 1 

 amber, ll@12c.; No. 2 amber. 8@10c. Ex- 

 tracted, white. 7c. ; amber, 6c. ; dark. 5c, 



Beeswax. 22c. C. C. C. & Co. 



CINCINNATI. O.. June 18.— Nothing new 

 since" our last. There is a fair demand tor ex- 

 tracted honey at 4<a7c. Comb honey is In 

 slow demand at 12(g(14c. for best white.- 



Beeswax is in good demand at 25@31c. for 

 good to choice yellow. C. F. M. & S. 



CHICAGO. Ir.L.. May 23. — The trade in 

 comb honey Is very light at this time of the 

 year- as it is between seasons. Soon we will 

 get the new crop, and It will come on a bare 

 market. Just now what little comb sells 

 brings 14c. for the best grades. Extracted, 

 5!4@7c. All good grades of beeswax, 30c. 



H. A. B. &Co, 



PHILADELPHIA. Pa., June 18.— The new 

 crop of comb honey is arriving slowly, and is 

 in fair demand. No new extracted honey has 

 arrived in this market as yet. We quote: 

 Comb honey. 9(ai3o. Extracted. 4H@6c. 



Beeswax is still declining. The adulteration 

 of beeswax has demoralized our market this 

 spring, and has hurt our sales considerable. 

 Price. 25@27c. W. A. S. 



NEW YORK, N. Y.. July 6.— The market is 

 about bare of comb honey and there is no de- 

 mand at the present. The market is quiet on 

 extracted. Demand is limited, with plenty of 

 supply arriving to meet the demands and 

 more. We quote: California, 6@6i/ic.: South- 

 ern, choice, 60@6oc. per g;)Uon: common, 50 

 @55c. per gallon. ISei-swax is declining and 

 selling at from 29@30e. at present, but the 

 indications are that the price will decline still 

 further. H. B. & S. 



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Meiition the American Bee SounuiL 



List of Honey and Beeswax Dealers, 



Most of whom Quote In this Journal. 



Clilcago, Ills. 



J. A. LAMON, 43 South Water St. 



B. A. BUBNETT & Co., Itj3 South Water Street, 



New York, N. Y. 



F. I. Sage & Son, 183 Reade Street. 

 HiLDRETH Bros. & Segelken, 



120 & 122 West Broadway 

 Chas. Israel & Bros., 486 Canal St, 

 I. J. Strinoham, 105 Park Place. 



Kansas City, mo. 



C. C. Clemoms & Co., 423 Walnut St. 



Buffalo, N. Y. 



BATTERSON & CO., 167 & 169 SCOtt St. 



Hamilton, Ills. 



CHAS. Dadant & Son. 



Pblladelphka, Pa. 



WM. A. Selser, 10 Vine St. 



Cincinnati, OIilo. 



C. F. Muth & Son, cor. Freeman & Central av8 



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