THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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then copied from the Rocky Mountain 

 Bee Journal the article on this subject, 

 and replied as follows: — 



The plan proposed by the editor of the 

 Rocky Mountain Bee Journal is eminent- 

 ly practical, especially in the Rocky 

 Mountain regions, where there is a great 

 abundance of alfalfa. Whether one 

 could afford in the E;ast to melt up good 

 combs every season is an open question. 

 But I do know this: That our friend H. 

 R. Boardman, of E^ast Townsend, Ohio, 

 one of the most progressive bee-keepers 

 in the United States, has practiced a plan 

 quite similar for years; and the last con- 

 versation I had with him was to the effect 

 that he considered the plan profitable in 

 the production of comb honey. His 

 plan, however, is to cut the combs out, 

 leaving only a narrow margin as a sort of 

 comb-guide to build over again. 



In the summer of iSS6 foul brood broke 

 out in our apiary, and the disease hung 

 to us with more or less virulence for two 

 seasons. At the end of the third year we 

 had gotten it under control, but for four 

 or five years there would be here and 

 there a colony that show-ed symptoms of 

 the old malady. In ever}- case we traced 

 the infection to some old combs which 

 we supposed were all right. 



In later years we have made it a prac- 

 tice to melt up all old combs and use 

 nothing but those that were comparative- 

 ly new. Since that lime all vestiges of 

 the disease have disappeared. So far I 

 believe the plan recommended by the 

 editor of the Rocky Mountain Bee Jour- 

 nal is the only way by which an apiary 

 can be entirely cleaned of the last trace 

 of the infection. I have talked with 

 those who have had foul brood in their 

 apiaries; and, while they could get it un- 

 der control, they could never be quite 

 sure that they dirl not have a colony in 

 the yard that had the disease. 



In view of the grave problems present- 

 ed by foul brood in certain localities, and 

 in view of the possibility — yes, even pro- 

 bability — that combs can be profitably 

 cut out once in two or three years, it may 

 be well for bee-keepers in disease-infest- 

 ed localities to try the jjlan of producing 

 comb honey recommended by the eilitor 

 of the Rocky Mountain Bee Journal. I 

 am sure of one thing — that it absolutely 

 removes the last trace of foul-brood; and 

 even if the practice is not as profitable 

 for the production of comb honey as the 

 old way of keeping the old combs, one 

 will accomplish at least this much: He 

 will free his apiary from foul brood, or 

 at least keep it in reasonable health, even 



if the disease lurks in every apiary 

 around his own. 



The plan is so simple; we have known 

 for years that we could free a colony from 

 foul brood by shaking the bees into a 

 clean hive, but the putting of the plan 

 into wholesale use — every colony in the 

 yard — has been put into practice only of 

 late. I fully believe that this plan will 

 enable us, even here in the East, to shake 

 our fist at the foul brood fiend — and jin- 

 gle our money in our pockets at the same 

 time. 



KEEP UP WITH THE TIMES. 



Unless you do This, the Highest Success will 

 not be Yours. 



I wish that every reader of the Review 

 was also a reader of the monthl)* journal 

 called Success. It is the most encourag- 

 ing, cheering, inspiring, "rousing up" 

 journal with which I am acquainted, and 

 if there is any one thing that contributes 

 more than another to a man's success it 

 is to be aroused, to be woke up and set 

 to thinking — to be cheered and encourag- 

 ed. I never read an issue of Success that 

 I do not come across some article, some- 

 times several, that I am tempted to copy 

 into the Review. This time I am going 

 to yield to the temptation, and copy one 

 by William Q. Adams, entitled "Keeping 

 up With the Times." Mr. Adams says: — 



A story is told of a soldier who com- 

 plained that the entire regiment was out 

 of step with him. We often see men 

 struggling desperately alone to succeed 

 along their own lines, refusing to accept 

 what they call "newfangled" business 

 improvements, which they ridicule as 

 fads that will soon go out of date. Such 

 men never make their mark in the 

 world, and usually die in obscurity, if 

 not in actual poverty. 



We know of newspapers which have 

 fallen into ruts and are practically side- 

 tracked, simply becau.se their editors re- 

 fuse to adopt up-to-date methods. The}' 

 cannot see why "plate matter," which 

 the}' get for a song, is not just as good as 

 original articles. The}' do not see the 

 advantage of spending much money for 



