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orce lost by any fault in his way of advo- 

 cating them. Yours very resp'yi 



Lewis B. Bell. 



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Salycilic Acid and Borax Holds Bee Paral- 

 ysis in Check. — Possibly Cures It. 



W. A. WEBSTEB. 



EDITOR Review : — I note your editorial 

 comment in September number on bee 

 paralysis. Much has been said of late by 

 several eminent in the profession, but the 

 general conclusions are, I think, are errone- 

 ous. The disease, like the various fevers in 

 the human family, exhibits different phases 

 according to environments. The origin I 

 believe to be as Cheshire finds it — bacillus. 

 The starvation theory is fallacious, as has 

 been shown in my own experience and that 

 of others as well, and, further, it is found 

 that the disease resides in the person of the 

 bee and not the queen, honey, or larvaj, be- 

 cause I have cured cases and developed good 

 swarms upon the identical honey and comb 

 of dead swarms and obtained the best of re- 

 salts. I have lost many swarms, one entire 

 apiary of 170 swarms in my early struggles 

 in bee-keeping and from 20 to 40 swarms 

 each year for several subsequent seasons. 



A remedy was given me by a correspon- 

 dent, whose name I have lost, which he 

 stated was discovered by scientists in Den- 

 mark, and by its use I have never failed to 

 cure when the work was thoroughly done. 

 Take as follows, one teaspoonful salycilic 

 acid and one teaspoonful powdered borax, 

 mix thoroughly and dissolve in a small 

 quantity of water, add this to sufficient 

 sweetened water to make one quart of liquid, 

 and spray over the bees and combs. Repeat 

 once daily until the bees quit dying which is 

 generally about the third or fourth day at 

 the outside. Occasionally it may be neces- 

 sary to repeat some weeks later, but, gener- 

 ally, one series of treatment is sufficient. 

 During two successive seasons I have held 

 things in check, while the disease has be- 

 come epidemic with my neighbors. I be- 

 lieve it contagious in a certain degree, but if 

 watched and taken by the forelock none need 

 fear its ravages. 



Bakebsfield, Calif. 



Nov. 17, 1894. 



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The mobe discussion the better, if passion 

 and personality be avoided ; and discussion, 

 even if stormy, often winnows truth from 

 error. 



Honey Exteactoes stand greatly in need 

 of inprovements, so says Bro. Heddon. Tell 

 us in what direction Bro. H. Don't say, " In 

 every direction," but be specific. 



The Pbogeessive Bee-Keepee is one of 

 the few bee journals for which I leave letters 

 unopened to see wliat it contains. It is 

 bright, fresh, sparkling, instructive, practi- 

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Pollen, it soems likely, is what gives the 

 yellow color to wax. When at the St. Joseph 

 convention I had some conversation on this 

 point with Mr. C. F. Lane of Lexington, Mo. 

 He said that he had often changed dark wax 

 to a bright yellow by the addition of pollen. 

 To do this he melted the wax and then add- 

 ed a comb well filled with pollen, giving the 

 whole a good stirring, and had never failed 

 in getting a good yellow color as the result. 



Outside Diagnosis is something that F. 

 L. Thompson would like to know more 

 about. He does not understand how we can 

 tell that a hive needs more sections on, 

 simply by looking at the outside. If we go 

 into the apiary and see all of the colonies 

 busy, while one is making but little stir, yet 

 there may be a few bees hanging outside, 

 and the surplus capacity on the hive is small, 



