THE BEE-KEErERS' REVIEW. 



49 



foul brood can be grown from a culture of 

 the scrapings from the inside of the 

 hive. 



Ac.Ricri.TrRAi, Coi.LKGE, IMich. 



Oct. 19, igor. 



[I can remember when it seemed to me 

 very unreasonable not to disinfect the 

 hive. As Mr. Rankin says, it seemed as 

 though there would often be times when 

 honey would become daubed upon the in- 

 side of the hive. As I have come to 

 thoroughly understand Mr. McEvoy's 

 method of treatment, I can see how this 

 will do no harm, if his method is care- 

 fully followed. When the bees are shak- 

 en from the combs, the}' are, of course, 

 full of honey taken from the old combs — 

 honey that is probabh' infected with ihe 

 germs of foul brood. Now, if there is 

 any honey daubed on the inside of the 

 live, what is the first thing the bees will 

 *lo? I.ick it up clean, of course. The 

 inside of the hive is then free from the 

 spores of the disease, the honey contain- 

 ing the germs all having been taken into 



the sacs of the bees. After the bees have 

 filled their sacs with infected hone}', 

 what particular difference does it make 

 if a few drops of honey are added? Mr. 

 McEvoy allows the bees to build comb 

 two or three days, and in this comb is de- 

 posited all of the honey that they may 

 have brought wit'i them. This comb con- 

 taining the honey is then cut out, and 

 thus all infection is taken from the hive. 

 I presume, however, that we who have 

 had no experience as foul brood inspec- 

 tors can form only a faint idea of the 

 wonderful lack of sense exhibited by 

 some bee-keepers in their attempts to 

 treat colonies infected with foul brood; 

 and, in view of this, it may be well some- 

 times to take what may seem like extra 

 precautions. A hive may be very easily, 

 quickly and cheaply disinfected by paint- 

 ing over the inside with kerosene oil, 

 setting the oil on fire, and allowing it to 

 burn off. The hive ought to stand exposed 

 a few days 10 allow the oil-smell to disa- 

 pear before it is used again to put bees 

 in — f;d. Review.] 



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Dknvkr, Colorado, is the Chicago of 

 the West. 



Smoke is often used in too large quan- 

 tities when removing supers; so said Mr. 

 M. .\. Cxill, at the Denver convention. 

 He said that too much smoke confuses 

 the bees and they don't know which way 

 to run. 



On the .scales is where one colony 

 in the apiary ought to be kept during the 

 working season. This shows what is be- 

 ing done. Bees may be getting more, or 

 less, honey than is suspected. We can 

 not have too much knowledge regarding 

 our business, and the way in which it is 

 tending. 



Cellar Winterixc; is the almost 

 universal method in ^Minnesota, 



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S. D. Chapman, of Mancelona, Mich- 

 igan, who last winter furnished the Re- 

 view what was thought by many the best 

 article it ever published, has sent another 

 article that will probably appear in the 

 next issue. 



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Overstocking was being discussed at 

 the Colorado convention, and some were 

 bemoaning the unfairness of one bee- 

 keeper crowding in upon another's field, 

 when Mr. M. A. Gill said that a man 

 foolish enough to crowd in upon another's 

 territory would never prove a serious com- 

 petitor. 



