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source and then extracting that honey before the bees begin a nc'v 

 source. 



The granulation of honey after being gathered especially in 

 cold weather is looked upon as a sign of its purity. It may be again 

 easily rendered liquid by heating, the containing vessel in a can or 

 boiler of hot water. Very high temperatures should never be ap- 

 plied to honey as it has a tendency to destroy the flavor ami aroma. 

 The foregoing at best is but a brief outline of the subject of bee- 

 keeping and for one interested in the keeping of bees there is n jth- 

 ing better than to become a close reader of one or more of our bee 

 journals. In this way many different methods of operating an 

 apiary may be learned and the whole subject slowly mastered. A 

 list of the bee journals published in this country is here given. 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, O. (Bi-monthly.) 

 The American Bee Journal, Chicago, 111. (Weekly.) 

 The Beekeepers' Review, Flint, Mich. (Monthly.) 

 The -American Bee Keeper, Jamestown, N. Y. (Monthly). 

 The Progressive Bee Keeper, Higginsville, Mo. (Monthly) 

 The- Rural Bee Keeper, River Falls, Wis. Monthly.) 



BEE DISEASES 



It seems almost superfluous to speak of this subject as Mon- 

 tana bee keepers are so little troubled if at all, by the maladies which 

 attack bees. The most common disease is that of dysentery and the 

 best remedy a good cleansing flight. It only attacks bees in the 

 winter and is caused by excessive dampness or soured honey due 

 again to dampness. 



There is a paralysis prevalent among bees which is found to 

 attack only the adult bees and hence easily suppressed. It is a 

 bacterial disease and the victims driven forth by the other bees may 

 be seen black and shiny in appearance struggling with their un- 

 certain movements away from the inflicted colony. Removing first 

 Jill of the brood and honey of the colony, powdered sulphur may be 

 strewn about the hive. Another way is to carry the infected colony 

 or colonies away. some distance, a half mile to a mile, and then to 

 remove the brood as fast as it is bred and to save the progeny of the 

 colony. The old bees will soon die off and the colony thus deplet- 



