THE MMERIckN BE® JOURPISI^. 



539 



• ifc i ^* ^^' 



advises as a better method, the. vaging 

 of the queen and leaving her near the 

 center of the hive. 



Hannemann, of Brazil, South Amer- 

 ica, ten years ago wrote in the Jlinicn- 

 Zcitwig, of his giant colonies, whicli he 

 formed out of a number of young 

 swarms, often having from oO to 70 

 pounds of bees working in peace and 

 harmony in one box, all queens being 

 caged in the so-called Hannemanns 

 queen-cages (which were so constructed 

 as to allow the bees free access to their 

 queen, but prohibited the latter one 

 escaping). Under such treatment brood 

 could not be reared, and in consequence 

 a great deal of honey was stored. 



Hannemann's enthusiasm over this, 

 his novel way of managing bees, was 

 great, and much talked about at the 

 time ; he reaped large qoautities of 

 honey when others did not. (I have 

 not given the details of H"s manage- 

 ment of bees, simply because 1 think 

 we have better methods of securing the 

 same object.) 



When one makes the production of 

 extracted honey a business, I have 

 found it practicable and successful, in 

 most seasons, to deprive, or, better, 

 cage the queens for a filiort period ; but 

 when comb honey is the object, the 

 practice is not to be commended, as it 

 will surely result in failure. 



Naples, N. Y. 



EASTERN BEES. 



The Foreign Bees and I heir 

 Iniporlation. 



Wrltteti for the Amcricrin Agriculturist 

 BY SAMUEL CUSHMAN. 



but Cyprians from the Island of Cyprus 

 in the Mediterranean, Syrians from 

 Northern Svria, Palestines from the 

 Holy Land, Egyptians from Egypt, and 

 Carniolans from the mauntains of Car- 

 niola, a small district in Southwestern 

 Austria. Each race or variety has cer- 

 tain qualities not found in the others, 

 and from this list the modern bee- 

 keeper may select his breeding stock 

 and combine whatever qualities he may 

 require in his location, or for any spe- 

 cial branch of the pursuit he may desire 

 to follow. 



For instance, one who runs his col- 

 onies entirely for extracted honey, to 

 do the best needs different stock from 

 one who makes a specialty of choice 

 comb honey only ; while one who makes 

 a business of rearing queens for sale, 

 ands certain varieties far superior for 

 this work. Others who do not work for 

 honey but simply for increase may do 

 best with still another strain; and 

 again, the one who combines these 

 branches wants the best all-purposo 



Certain varieties do the best in the 

 South ; others are most desirable in the 

 North. In some locations, very early 

 and heavy honey-tlows are the main 

 reliance ; in others, the fall crop fur- 

 nishes the only surplus ; while in an- 

 other place a moderate flow extends 

 through the whole season. Therefore, 

 each locality must be studied, not only 

 to learn the special management re- 

 quired, but the race or strain of bees 

 most adapted to it. My own bees^ in 

 four different locations, require differ- 

 ent management in each apiary. A few 

 miles may make a great difference. 

 When there is a failure of the crop in 

 one apiary, another differently situated 

 may have a full yield. 

 Fawtucket, R. 1. 



The good brood as we anticipated 

 hatched out, but the occasional cells of 

 bad brood did not— and "that was 

 where we missed it;" for these bad cells 

 caused new brood adjacent to them to 

 become diseased, and thus nothing was 

 gained by not removing the slightly- 

 affected, as well as the wholly-affected 

 brood. I desire to say that my thirty 

 colonies which in spring were sick "nigh 

 unto death," are doing well now, gather- 

 ing honey in abundance, and have 

 plenty of sound brood. 



I will close this matter by describing 

 my present method of treating foul 

 brood. I disinfect my old hives and 

 frames thus ; 1 place them in the warm 

 midday sunlight, long enough to soften 

 the coating of wax on them ; then I re- 

 move it thoroughly with a knife ; when 

 cleaned thus, 1 place upon the ground 

 a small wisp of straw or hay, not to ex- 

 ceed two ounces, upon which I place a 

 small " pinch " of sulphur, upheld by a 

 cotton rag. I ignite this with a match. 

 When in a full blaze I invert the hive 

 over it. When I fumigate the frames I 

 support them in a barrel or box by a 

 movable slat. AVhen properly treated 

 thus, they are as good as new. 1 re- 

 move all the brood from a diseased hive 

 and transfer to a new or disinfected 

 hive. But as I transfer each frame, I 

 sprinkle it, bees and all, with a solution 

 of salicylic acid, one ounce dissolved in 

 three pints of hot water and applied 

 with a whisk broom. I disinfect old 

 hives, after scraping them clean, by 

 igniting a small handful of straw or hay 

 upon which is placed a half teaspoonful 

 of sulphur ; then I invert the hive over 

 it. I fumigate the frames in a special 

 box in like manner. 



The colonies which I have treated 

 thus, are doing well, gathering an abun- 

 dance of honey, and the brood seems 

 sound and good. 

 Denver, Colo. 



Since the first importation of Italian 

 queens into Austria, England and 

 America, bee-keepers have shown much 

 energy in their search for something 

 still better. Long voyages have been 

 taken to various parts of Europe, Asia 

 and Africa, and the forests of Java and 

 Ceylon, the home of the Apis Dorsuhi. 

 have been visited in search of this 

 famous race. A few years after the 

 importation of Italians it was learned in 

 Europe that the bees of the Island of 

 Cyprus were a superior yellow race, and 

 they were soon procured by leading 

 European bee-keepers, who were loud 

 in their praises. Several Americans 

 procured some of this stock from these 

 beekeepers, and in 1880, when there 

 was such an interest in them, and when 

 news came of the good qualities of the 

 Syrians, D. A.Jones of Canada started 

 out in search of the new varieties and 

 returned with one hundered colonies of 

 Cyprian and Syrian bees. 



Others have visited Cyprus, Syria and 

 Egypt for queens, and for a few years 

 an American (Frank Benton) has made 

 this his business, and now has queen- 

 rearing apiaries in Syria, Cyprus and 

 Cargiola, from which he supplies queens 

 to bee kepers in all parts of the world. 

 They are packed to take long voyages 

 in safety at the proper season. 



We are now able, for a moderate sum, 

 not only to obtain queens from Italy, 



COLORADO. 



Convcnlion I^'otices. 



How to Cure the Foiil Brood 

 without the Aid of Fire. 



Written for the Colorado Farmer 

 BY V. DEVINNEY. 



I have taken some trouble to investi- 

 gate the extent of country over which 

 this disease has spread, and I bnd that 

 it includes the country bounded on the 

 north by Clear Creek, Denver, and the 

 Platte River on the east, Bear creek on 

 the south, and the mountains on the 

 west. I have reports of several cases 

 near Morrison. Indeed cases may be 

 found beyond the country described but 

 I have not had the means to ascer- 



One of my worst cases, I transfered 

 to a clean new hive, and buried the foul 

 comb instead of the bees, and sprinkled 

 the new made comb, bees and brood 

 with salicylic acid, according to the 

 formula, and now they are healthy and 

 prosperous with sound brood, ihe 

 treatment given them was of a surgical 

 nature. We cut away with abig-bladed, 

 knife all of the worst diseased brood, 

 leaving some which seemed all right, 

 but had occasional cells of foul brood 

 in it. 



^- Tbe Darke County Bee-Keepers' Soci- 

 ety will hold a basket meeting on the Green- 

 ville Fair Grounds, on Friday, Sept. 7, 1888.. 

 J. A. Hoe, Sec. 



^- The fall meetinfr of the Northwestern 

 Illinois and Soulhweslern Wieconein Bee- 

 Keepers' ABBOeialion will be held on Aug. 21, 

 1888, at Leaf River, Ills. D. A. Fuller, Sec, 



JW The North American Bee-Keepers' Society 

 win meet at Columbui., <)., on Wednesday, Oetoher 

 3 1888 and continue as usual in session for three 

 g'g J ' W. Z. UOTCHlNSoN, Sec. 



rg- The Cortland Union Bee-Keepers' Associa- 

 tion will hold their fourth annual picnic ut the Flo- 

 ral Trout Ponds, In Cortland, N. V.. on August 30, 

 1888 Let all bee-keepers and their friends come 

 and hare a Bood time. W. H. BKACH. Sec. 



Give a Copy of " Honey as Food and 

 Medicine " to every one who buys a package 

 of honey. It will sell lots of it. 



l^ew Subscrit»er* can obtain the full 

 numbers for 1887 and 1888, for S1.75. whUe 

 tliere are any sets of 1887 left. 



