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the wire-cloth down, drawing frames 

 firmly against it. With a hive having 

 room enough the cage may be laid on 

 top the frames. The bees in the hive 

 will eat the candy out through the hole 

 in the wire-cloth in about 24 hours, thus 

 releasing the queen. Do not open the 

 hive for two days, after placing cage ; 

 and then if the queen is still in the cage, 

 close up for two days longer. The idea 

 is to let the bees release the queen them- 

 selves, when the hive is closed and 

 quiet. First be sure the colony is queen- 

 less. 



Of course, the cage has a compart- 

 ment for the food, accessible only 

 through a small aperture. The wire- 

 cloth has a round hole made ingenously 

 through the center of one side, for use 

 as above described. It is illustrated on 

 page 586. 



Dr. Steplien Hatlia^way, of 



Muncie, Ind., departed this life on Mon- 

 day, April 20, at 3:30 a.m. Mr. Hath- 

 away was one of Indiana's prominent 

 bee-keepers. He was a kind and loving 

 husband and father, and leaves a wife 

 and several children, all of the latter 

 having grown to man and womanhood. 

 In all of his business transactions Mr. 

 Hathaway was honest and honorable, 

 and his whole aim in life seemed to be to 

 do good in all things. The widow and 

 family have our sympathy in their sad 

 bereavement. 



A Sligrltt Brror.— On page 578, 

 in an article on foul-brood, Mr. C. J. 

 Robinson says that Prof. Cook "has not 

 broached the subject of the origin of the 

 disease." Now, we feel constrained to 

 inform Mr. Robinson that he is in error 

 in this matter, and that by reference to 

 page 351 of the Bee Journal for 1890, 

 he will find that Prof. Cook not only 

 states that the disease is the result of 

 bacillus alvei, but also describes them. 

 We mention this, believing it to have 

 been an oversight on his part. 



The Price-List of J. J. Snyder, North 

 Lima, Ohio, is received- 



Foul - Brood Microbes. — In 



addition to the testimonies already given 

 on pages 470 and 513, from manufac- 

 turers of comb-foundation, as to the kill- 

 ing of spores and microbes when making 

 beeswax into comb-foundation, Mr. D. 

 A. Jones, of Beeton, Ont., presents the 

 following in the Canadian Bee Journal : 



Science and practice do not always 

 accord, and I am willing to believe that 

 they do not in the present instance. I 

 am not prepared to say that the heat 

 ordinarily required for the boiling of 

 honey or wax will kill the foul-brood 

 germs or spores, which may be in them, 

 but I do say that in all my experience 

 (and I have had a good deal) I have 

 never had a case of its return, after sub- 

 mitting them to this heat. 



I have often taken foul-brood honey 

 and put it into a dish, suspending the 

 dish in boiling water, but not allowing 

 any water to get mixed with it. In this 

 way I have rendered unfertile all germs 

 of disease which were in it — at least 

 there were none ever appeared after- 

 ward. I have also made similar tests 

 with wax, with the same results. 



Wax melted in the sun, or at a lower 

 temperature than the boiling point of 

 water (212°) may, perhaps, not be free 

 from the fertile spores. I should not 

 care to risk it. My beliefs in this direc- 

 tion have suffered no change since I put 

 myself on record at the Michigan con- 

 vention some years ago, as stated by 

 Mr. Corniel. 



Ventilation.— Respecting this Mr. 

 G. M. Doolittle remarks as follow in 

 Rural Home : 



All hives having bees in them should 

 be provided with ample ventilation dur- 

 ing the Winter months, but it is not 

 absolutely necessary to give upward 

 ventilation if the hives are well venti- 

 lated at the bottom. Some ventilation 

 is necessary in any climate to prevent 

 dampness from accumulating in the hives 

 and injuring the outside combs with 

 moldiness. What is often called "up- 

 ward ventilation," is really no ventila- 

 tion at the top, in the meaning of some 

 other people. If the frames and the 

 cluster of bees, at the top of the hive, is 

 covered with a number of bee-quilts, or 

 with one quilt and a sawdust cushion, 

 forest leaves or chaff, they are said by 

 some to have upward ventilation, and 

 the latter would be the nearest right. 



