664 TRAjXSACTiojys of the American Institute. 



at Boston in thousands of tons, so it would hardly pay to go into 

 Pennsylvania or to come here for it. 



In this gentleman's letter was the following cnre for 



The Blight. 

 He says : " Where the bark turns black and . the leaves yellow I 

 have shaved the bark to the tliinnest thickness possible without lay- 

 ing bare the wood over the parts affected ; if attended to in season 

 (from the first of June to the tenth of July) you will rarely lose a 

 tree. Pear trees should be closely watched, for if the blight has 

 progressed so far that the leaves are yellow the tree is worthless. 

 Look for the affected parts in pears at or near the surface of the 

 ground ; in apple trees, anywhere on the trunk or large limbs, easily 

 ascertained by taking a sharp knife and cutting the bark to, or nearly 

 to, the wood. If the bark is black inside, the quicker it is removed 

 the better for the tree." This w^as his experience. 



Interesting to Bee-keepers. 

 Mr. Jasper Hazen, Albany K. Y., thus discourses of the superior- 

 ity of bees who do not swarm : "The following facts, if not entirely 

 ignored, are not duly appreciated by the public. 1. Colonies in 

 small hives, swarmers, give one, two or three swarms annually until 

 the field is so stocked with laborers and consumers as to suffer the 

 loss of many colonies from lack of stores. 2. Every apiarian who 

 has a stock of fifty colonies of swarmers in his field, has 3,000 pounds 

 of honey within their range for their support in addition to the amount 

 they give in surplus. If an average of twenty pounds surplus is 

 given, he has i^OOO pounds. 3. Fifty colonies, giving 1,000 pounds of 

 surplus, consume three-fourths of the product of the field, and the 

 keeper secures one-fourth. 4. An apiary that gives an average of but 

 ten pounds surplus consumes six-sevenths of -the product and gives 

 but one-seventh to the keeper. 5. Colonies averaging thirty pounds 

 surplus consume two-thirds of the product and give one-third to their 

 keeper. 6. Colonies averaging sixty pounds surplus consume one-half 

 and give one-half to the keeper. T. Colonies giving 120 pounds 

 surplus consume one-third and give two-thirds to the keeper. 8. 

 Colonies giving one hundred and eighty pounds of surplus consume 

 one-fourth of the product, and give three-fourths to the keeper. 9. 

 It is less expense and trouble to provide and take care of one colony 

 that will give the keeper one hundred and eighty pounds of surplus 



