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iiiailo through the coiuh, at the back of 

 the cage, ami this hole filled with candy. 

 The bees will then release the qneen by 

 eating out the candy. We will thus have 

 the advantage of both the hatching brood 

 and of the candy plan of releasing. .\s 

 soon as a hole is eaten tlirough the candy, 

 the bees will begin to go in and tni.x up 

 with the queen, and she will come out 

 when all is quiet. Mr I'ridgen thinks 

 that with this plan not one queen in 1000 

 will be lost. 



TH1-: rHII..\I)KI.I'HIA Cf)NVi:NTIOX 

 PROGK.\.M. 



Dr. .-v. R. Mason, Sta. H, Toledo, Ohio, 

 the .secretary of the United States Bee- 

 Keepers' Association, has sent me the com- 

 pleted program for the national conven- 

 tion to be held in Philadelphia Sept. 5, 

 6, and 7 next. A copy of the same fol- 

 lows: 



Ni-ccssity of Pure I-"oo(l I,t>;islation from a licc- 



KccptTs' Point of View — Rev. K. T. Abbott. 

 ( )iil. Apiaries and their Matiagenient for Comb 



Money— \V. I,. Coggshall. 

 Possil)ifitie.'; and difficulties f)f liee-Keeping in 

 Cuba and Porto Rico, and the Effect ofOnr 

 New Relations With those Islands on our Hon- 

 ey Market— Fred h Craycraft and W. W. Som- 

 erford. 

 Itest Method of Comb Honey Prodnction, with 

 Latest Hive Improvements — F. Danzenbaker. 

 Possibilities of Bee-Keeping — .\ddre.ss by G. M. 



Uoolittle. 

 Marketing Honey— Can an<l ought We to Con- 

 trol Prices? — P. H. Rlwood. 

 Bee-Keeping and the .Source of the Honey Sup- 

 ply inand.\round Philadelphia — W. E. Flower, 

 l-'oul Urood; Its Detection and F'radication — N. E. 



France. 

 I )ur Pursuit as Viewed by an Amateur — F. Hah- 



man. 

 Why Hee-Keepers' Exchanges Fail — C. A. Hatch. 

 Uees or Honey— Which in Spring Management? 



— R. F. Holterman. 

 rtee-Keeping as a Profession— W. Z. Hutchin.son. 

 How to Successfully Conduct a Bee-Keepers' Ex- 

 change— J. Wel)sfer Jolmson. 

 The Fall Honey Crop oi Philadelphia— John L. 



Kugler. 

 ( (rgani/alion Among Hee-Keepers: If Desirable, 

 Why, and How Best .Accomplished? —Thomas 

 (".. .Vewnian. 

 Best Method of Extracted Honey Production — 



Frank Ranch fn.ss. 

 .\ddress by .\. I. Root, 

 l-'ads. Fancies, and I-ollies in the .Vpicultural 



World— Hon. Eugene Secor. 

 The Prwlucts of the Bee— Pollen, Propolis anrl 



Honey — W. A. Selser. 

 Food Value of Honey— Its .Adulteration and .\n- 



alysis— Hon. H. W. Wiley. 

 President's Addres.s — E. Whitcomb. 



Secretary Mason announces that since 

 his last notice wa.s published about rates. 



the Western Passenger Association has 

 written that the rates in their association 

 will be one fare for round trip plus |2.oo, 

 added to the rates charged by the other 

 association through whose territory the 

 ])er.son may travel. By inquiring of the 

 local station agent, any one may learn 

 the rate. 



For any further information, address 

 Secretary Mason. 



EXTRACTED. 



PICKLKD BROOD. 



How to Detect it, ;in(l how to Treat it. 



What has been termed " pickled brood ' ' 

 is often taken for foul brood by those who 

 are not acquainted with the latter. Mr. 

 N. PI France, foul brood inspector for 

 Wisconsin, has prepared a leaflet upon 

 both foul brood atid pickled brood; I take 

 from it his description and treatment of 

 pickled brood. He savs: — 



Some seasons pickled brood is very bad, 

 and in a few cases I have known it to re- 

 duce large colonies to doubtful hopes, but 

 those same colonies, after treatment, 

 were in a month free from disease, never 

 showing it since. It may take as carefid 

 handling as if it were foul brood. Here 

 is a description of the symptoms. 



The larva bee shows light brown spots; 

 a little later the capping, of natural color, 

 has a small pin hole. The bee underneath 

 will be round, having a black, dried, hard, 

 pointed head, Chinaman-shoe-like. The 

 skin of the bee is cjuite tough, and if 

 punctured the liquid portion underneath 

 will run otit somewhat colored, as thin as 

 water but never rojjy like foul brood. It 

 has little or no odor, does not stick to the 

 wallsof the comb, is easily pulled out and, 

 if properly cared for, in nearly every ca.se, 

 the bees soon remove the dead brood. 



Never make your bees use old black 

 combs, or combs with dead brood left in 

 them, better make the combs into wax, 

 and replace with sheets of foundation. 

 If the queen shows feebleness by putting 

 several eggs in one cell, missing others, 

 so that the brood is irregular, I shou'fl 

 kill her, and, in a week, remove all the 



