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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



Field Notes From Michigan 



(Continued from page 211) 



for the disease, will be careful in 

 some points, and yet allow honey 

 from the disease infected combs 

 to be scattered around on the 

 ground, in this way they may ex- 

 pose many healthy colonies. Always 

 shake the bees on paper in front 

 of hive and burn paper after treat- 

 ment. 



There is no reason why the bee- 

 keeper should find foul-brood hard- 

 er to exterminate than the doctor 

 does small pox and other similar 

 diseases. Everything depends upon 

 the intelligence and care pursued 

 by the bee-keeper. 



The following few pointers may 

 be useful in aiding the bee-keeper 

 to find foul-brood sooner than he 

 might otherwise do: 



Weak colonies should be examin- 

 ed and if possible the cause of 

 their weakness located. Another 

 way of putting the foregoing is: If 

 your colonies are not doing well, ex- 

 amine them. While disease may not 

 be present there is usually some- 

 thing wrong, and weak colonies are 

 not profitable and should not be 

 tolerated. 



The presence of wax moths 

 (millers) should always be looked 

 upon with suspicion. Wax moths 

 cannot cause disease, directly, their 

 presence in any numbers denotes 

 something wrong; it may be dis- 

 ease, queenlessness or weak or 

 dead colonies. A personal examina- 

 tion will answer the question. 



Bee-keepers waste an enormous 

 amount of beeswax in the shape of 

 old combs, and at the same time 

 when combs are left exposed, open 

 the way for the spread of disease. 

 Render your old combs as soon as 

 possible, and in the mean time keep 

 them under cover so that bees and 

 wax moths can not gain access to 

 them. The average hive contains 

 about two pounds of beeswax, and 

 beeswax is valuable. 



Install a ROOT AUTOMATIC EX- 

 TRACTOR and HONEY PU>IP then 

 run them with a NATIONAL IVz 

 H. P. ENGINE and you wiU then 

 have an outfit "jiar excellence" to 

 do your extracting with. 



We quote the engine, four-frame 

 Automatic Extractor, including 



honey pump, belting and every- 



Now is the time to secure that 

 new subscriber for the REVIEW 

 that you have been thinking of 

 getting. The balance of the year 

 beginning with this number for 

 only 5 0c. 



Root Automatic Extractor, showing 

 Honey Pump in Position 



thing necessary pertaining to the 

 outfit, at $84.00. 



Six— frame extractor outfit as 

 above at $92.00. Eight-frame ex- 

 tractor outfit as above at $99.00. 

 Without honey pump, deduct $17.50 

 The engine shipped from Wisconsin 

 and the balance of the outfit from 

 Medina, Ohio. The National will 

 take the money you hand us and 

 buy the above outfit. Directly from 

 the manufacturer, at our one small 

 profit system, on the co-operative 

 plan. Address with remittance. 



National Bee-Keepers' 

 Association 



Northstar, Michigan 



