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less covered with excrement. I have 

 read a great deal about foul-brood, but 

 never saw any, and do not know as I 

 should know it if I should see it, but the 

 brood-comb in this hive had a number of 

 cells that were capped, and on opening 

 them, I found some had dead bees all 

 dried up, while others had decayed bees 

 that were nearly full grown. There was 

 some uncapped honey that had candied, 

 and it was in that part of the comb 

 where there were the largest number of 

 bees. A large amount of bees had 

 dropped onto the bottom-board, but the 

 entrance was not closed up so as to pre- 

 vent a free circulation of air. ^ I have 

 examined my other colonies, and find but 

 few dead bees, and the colonies seem to 

 be very strong and healthy. I have tried 

 to describe very minutely the condition 

 in which I found everything in the hive 

 of dead bees, and now I wish some cor- 

 respondent to tell me, through the Bee 

 Journal, what was the cause of the 

 bees dying. S. B. Smith. 



Keeville, Minn. 



Wants No Section Press. 



I see there is considerable discussion 

 about dampening sections, and using a 

 press to put them together with. I never 

 dampen my sections, and break but very 

 few, and use no press to put them 

 together. I have put up 100 sections, 

 and filled them with foundation, in 11 

 minutes, and did the work well. 



Stockbridge, Wis., March 31, 1891. 



Splendid Bee Pasture. 



My home, in Eockingham county, 

 i's in the midst of the blue grass 

 region of the great valley of Virginia. 

 There are thousands of acres of this 

 kind of grass within the flight of my 

 bees, in which white clover grows so 

 thick that it almost makes the fields 

 white, and when this bloom secretes 

 nectar well, all the bees in the country 

 cannot gather half of the honey pro- 

 duced by it. I also have hundreds of 

 yellow willow, locust and poplar trees, 

 and when all things are right, it is no 

 trouble for bees to gather honey. I have 

 had colonies to gather as much as 125 

 pounds without any artificial means. I 

 have 60 colonies, and they have aver- 

 aged 52 pounds of comb-honey to the 

 colony. Have sold honey at 20 cents 

 per pQund, but cannot always get this 

 price. Sold last year's crop for 15 cents, 

 here at home. One of the curiosities of 



my apiary is a colony— in an old-fash- 

 ioned bee-hive that will be 51 years old 

 next Summer — which has been in this 

 hive ever since it has been in existence, 

 and has done exceedingly well, generally 

 swarming well, and making about 25 

 pounds of honey per year — sometimes 

 twice as much. This hive contains what 

 I call the Queen of Rosendale. Her name 

 and fame has been spread all over the 

 United States, in different papers, and 

 you may have seen her name mentioned 

 yourself. She is a black, or old native 

 bee. I have several kinds of bees, and 

 think it is a good plan to have the differ- 

 ent races to cross the blood. This gives 

 strength and energy, industry and pros- 

 perity. Geo. W. Rosenbergee. 

 New Market, Va. 



Foul-Brood and Movable-Frame Hives. 



Dr. Tinker's article, on page 314, and 

 W. P. Faylor's, on page 346, regarding 

 the origin of foul-brood, are quite cor- 

 rect. T have been consulting some old 

 books, in search of information on this 

 point, but so far, I have found nothing 

 concerning foul-brood, and I have con- 

 cluded that the disease had its origin, or 

 first made its appearance, at the time of 

 the introduction of the movable-frame 

 hive, about 1853. It is caused by spac- 

 ing brood-frames, and single-walled hives, 

 combined with ignorance and thought- 

 lessness on the part of the bee-keeper 

 who knows nothing of the habits or re- 

 quirements of the honey-bee. E. L. 

 Pratt cures by cremation — that is right, 

 but why not go further, and spray the 

 brain of the thoughtless bee-keeper with 

 a solution of muriate of potash. 



Buffalo, N. Y. J. W. Tefft. 



Home Market for Honey. 



My bees are still in the cellar, and 

 some of them need a flight badly, but the 

 weather is cold and gloomy. My crop 

 of honey, last year, was about 900 

 pounds, in sections, which I sold in my 

 home market. I shall get an extractor, 

 and run about one-third of my colonies 

 for extracted-honey this season. I would 

 like to see a bee-keepers' association 

 started in this place. Let all who would 

 like to attend one soon, speak out. Do 

 not be bashful. The atlas is received, 

 and I am very much pleased with it. It 

 is well worth the money. A slight mis- 

 take is made in regard to the adjustable 

 clamp that I sent you. It is all iron, not 

 " iron and wood," and it does not form 

 an end to the hive, as I am made to say 



