THB SME:MICSN BE® JQiyfMNMIU. 



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Select tho best colony, and if there 

 is little or no hone}' coming ill from the 

 rt<j\vers, feed this colony every even- 

 in <r, a little more than the l)ees will 

 consnme during the following 2-1: hours. 

 Continue the feeding for a week, or 

 until tho colonj' is in a thrifty condi- 

 tion ; then, on any afternoon remove 

 the ([ueen. 



On the fourth day after removing 

 the queen, open the hive and examine 

 the combs earefullj- ; if there are cells 

 sealed, open them and examine the 

 larva. Do not molest those not scaled. 

 Replace the combs, and on tho twelfth 

 day from that on which the queen was 

 removed, open the hive and cut out all 

 the queen-cells but one, and put them 

 where they are needed. Be sure to 

 continue the feeding until the cells 

 have been taken out. If you stop 

 feeding, and there is no honey coming 

 from the flowers, the bees are liable 

 to destroy all the cells except two or 

 three. 



In the above way the queens will all 

 be reared from eggs or larvje less than 

 24 hours old, and the food from the 

 cell from which the larva; were re- 

 moved can be given to the larva; not 

 yet sealed. This plan will produce 

 good queens, and is much safer, and 

 more economical for the beginner, 

 than to purchase queens and take the 

 risk of introducing them. 



Liverpool, Ills. 



FOUL BROOD. 



Bce-Kce|>iiiK and Curing Foul 

 Brood in Ocriiiany. 



Written for the American Bee Jaii-nial 



BY WILLIAM KLINTWORTH. 



My parents used to live aljout 18 

 miles from Bremen, Germany. They 

 came to this country in ISSt!, and at 

 that time there were many who kept 

 bees there. Thej' made tlieir iiixcs of 

 straw in winter, as they were all made 

 that way. Bees were generally fed in 

 the spring, to get them strong, and to 

 secure early swarms. The German 

 bee-keepers would commence to feed 

 by giving the bees a little once a week; 

 as the season advanced, they would 

 feed them once a day ; and when 

 spring opened, the bees could get pol- 

 len and nectar. 



Great bee-keepers would move their 

 bees three or four times during the 

 season, where they could get the most 

 honey. In the fall they would examine 

 the hives, and those that weighed over 

 30 pounds wer(! kept for the next sea- 

 son ; for it took about that much hone}' 

 to winter a colony. Those colonies 

 that did not weigh so much, were 

 killed, and the honey and wax were 



taken from them. The honej' was 

 pressed from the comb, part of which 

 was saved for the next spring. If the 

 bees needed more room, they would 

 raise the hive up, and put an addition 

 under it, so that tlie bees could build 

 downward. 



The greatest bee-man that lived 

 there at that time, was Geo. Danker, 

 who made bee-keeping his business. 

 One year Mr. Danker had foul brood 

 in his bee-3'ard. It was a serious mat- 

 ter with him, as he depended mainly 

 upon his bees for a living. He ob- 

 tained some sulphuric acid, mixed it 

 with honey, and fed it to the diseased 

 bees. He said, after he had fed it, 

 that it was terrilile to see the stuft' 

 lying under the hives ; but his bees got 

 well, and he obtained only 1,000 

 pounds of honey, where he should 

 have had 2,500 or 3,000 pounds. Mr. 

 Danker removed to this country about 

 the time my parents came. He ' be- 

 came a minister, and was well known 

 in Ohio. 



Mr. Wendelkin, a neighbor of mine, 

 who lived in Germany, and at the 

 same place, told me that in 1835 he 

 fed his bees and was looking for 

 swarms, for they had built queen-cells. 

 But time passed, and they did not 

 swarm. He did not know what to 

 think of it, as he was a beginner in 

 the business. He went to an old bee- 

 man who lived there (a brother-in-law 

 of Mr. Danker), and asked him to 

 come and look at his bees — they had 

 built queen-cells, but did not swarm. 

 The man went with him, turned up a 

 hive, and blew smoke down into it. 

 •'They are foul," he said. After an 

 examination of tho others, he pro- 

 nounced them all diseased. 



Mr. Wendelkin asked, " How can 

 j'ou tell ?" 



" O," said he, " I will show you." 



He took a knife, and soon said, 

 "You see those little holes there. 

 Those are full of a mattery substance." 

 Mr. Wendelkin asked, " Can I do any- 

 thing to cure them ?" " I have some- 

 thing that I will give you," was the re- 

 ply. He then ga\ e him sulphuric acid, 

 which Mr. W. mixed with honey, fed 

 it to the bees, and thej- got well, and 

 swarmed late in the season. 



Mr. Wendelkin came to this countrj' 

 about ten years after ni}' jiarents ar- 

 rived, and is now keeping bees in this 

 neighborhood. Last sjiring he fed 

 sulphuric acid to some of his bees. 

 When he first conuiienced to feed it, 

 he gave it s-,> strong that they would 

 not eat it ; then lu' weakened it with 

 sugar syrup. If it is mixed with honey- 

 it can be fed to bees stronger tlian 

 when mixed in sugar syrup. Sulphuric 

 acid is also used for curing chicken 

 cholera. 



Marietta, Ohio. 



HIVING SWARMS. 



Clippings of <tueen'§ Wings, and 

 Oilier metliods. 



Written for the Bee-Keepers' Review 



BY K. L. TAYLOR. 



In preparation for the hiving of 

 swarms when the time for their issuing 

 comes, while making an examination 

 of the several colonies in my apiary in 

 the spring, I seek out each (jueen and 

 clip one of her wings if one be not 

 already clipped. I find it quite an ad- 

 vantage to do this before young bees 

 begin to hatch largely, because then 

 the bees are comparatively few, and 

 the queen is generally easily discovered. 

 Then in anticipation of the advent 

 of the swarming season, other prepara- 

 tions must be diligently attended to. 

 Hives must be all ready for immediate 

 use, and in a cool, shady place, as 

 convenient as possible to the apiary. 

 If the apiary be large, three or four 

 baskets will be necessaiy, and a good 

 supply of cages for the queens as they 

 issue with swarms is indispensable. 

 The cages I use differ from anything I 

 have seen described, and maj' be made 

 thus : Take a ])iece of soft wood |xl 

 inch, 4J inches long, and with a ij or J 

 bit bore a hole through it from side to 

 side so near one end as to leave at 

 that end o inch of solid wood, and cut 

 the stick carefully and squarely in two 

 through the centre of the hole. Then 

 enlarge the half circle in the larger 

 piece by boring through it (the stick) 

 one or two holes with a smaller bit, 

 and smooth out with a knife. Also 

 form a piece of wire cloth, 4 inches 

 long, and about SJ inches wide, around 

 a piece of wood f xl inch, beat with a 

 mallet, and weave smoothlj' together 

 where the edges meet, then withdraw 

 the wood, and having pushed into one 

 end of the wire-cloth tube the shorter 

 j)iece preinired as above, tack it firmly 

 in place. Now push tho longer piece 

 into the other end of the tube for a 

 stopper, and you have a cage alvvays 

 read}-, convenient, safe and durable. 



With tht'se preparations all made I 

 will suppose I am set to hive the 

 swarms in a large apiary on a warm 

 daj' in the height of the swarming sea- 

 son. Kvcrything likely to be needed, 

 including heavy wire hooks for sus- 

 pending the baskets, a pair of large, 

 white cotton sheets and a lighted 

 smoker are at hand in the shade of a 

 centrally located tree. It is 9 o'clock, 

 and a hive near by spurting forth ex- 

 cited bees indicates that work has f 

 begun. 



With a cage in my hand I step to 

 the side of tlie hive and watch for the 

 appearance of the queen in front. In 

 one or two minutes she is seen climb- 



