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Vol. V. 



AUGUST 1, 1877, 



No. 8 



A. I. ROOT, 



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SECTION BOXES, WHITE AND YEI^IiOIV 

 FUN., Ac. 



flHEY are the wonder of all my bee-keeping 

 neighbors who see how raj- bees are filling 

 , them with the most beautiful comb honey. The 



principle is all right. When 1 can get bees to go to 

 work in boxes when I want them to, I, like Novice, 

 am converted to box honey. I am running all my old 

 stock, 32 hives to extracted honey, and all of the in- 

 crease to section boxes and this is the way I do it : I 

 take a one story Simplicity, put 7 metal cornered 

 frames in centre, a frame "of sections at each side, 

 carry it to the stand of a strong stock, and open the 

 old hive, shake every bee off of the combs into my 

 Simplicity, replace the combs and carry them to the 

 stand of another strong stock which I remove to a new 

 stand. The swarm put in the empty hive, may swarm 

 out, if it does, hive it in a box, remave your Simplicity 

 lo a new stand and then hive them in it again, when 

 they will work as a new swarm. The way they 

 "c/)au'" out that fdn., especially the yellow will as- 

 tonish any one. If starters only are used the color is 

 no objection, but if the boxes are filled with fdn. I 

 think tlie white is worth all the difference. 



We are blessed at present with an abundant flow of 

 thin clover honey. It is just to my hand as I am 

 wanting some comb built and have sold 10 swarms. I 

 hope however the weather will get drier before clo- 

 ver is gone that I may get some ripe honey. 



HOW' TO GET RID OF DUONE COMB. 



Take from a strong stock that has a young laying 

 queen, 4 frames of worker comb, extract the honey, 

 cut the combs out and lay them in j^onr extracting 

 room, and replace the empty frames alternately in 

 in the hive with full ones. Now as you extract, when 

 you find any drone comb, cut it out and graft in work- 

 er comb. The drone comb that you cut if very new, 

 will do for starters in sections; if it lias brood in, 

 shave heads off if sealed, put in cellar 48 hours then 

 use. The bees will clean out dead brood and you 

 can't tell the difference. 



I don't like mitred corners for hives, if the boaids 

 warp they are hard to put together. I halved mine, 

 got them beveled and rabbeted at a saw mill. They 

 cost me ready to put together, 40 cents each, and they 

 are good ones. 



MOVING COLONIES WITH VIRGIN QUEENS. 



Let me caution your readers against selling swarms, 

 tc be moved immediately, that have virgin queens. I 

 have lost two that I sold to a neighbor. The bees 

 leave the hive and unite with stocks having fertile 

 queens. I think when the queen takes her wedding 

 trij). I have no trouble if I hive them near where 

 thev light. 



Ilans i3 doing well with his bees, his panacea for all 

 ills that bees arc heir to, is chaff, and I begin to be- 

 lieve in it. I hope you have a i)rosperous season both 

 in yard and shop, and that the circulation of Glean- 

 ings is increasing as fast as my bees are. I can not 

 begin to express my appreciation of ynir A B C of 

 Bee Culture. If you c ntinue down to Z as you liave 

 begun, it will be the best thing out. 



K. L. JoiNEK, Wyoming, Wis., June •22^\, 77. 



We have carefully examiued comb honey 

 built on both white and yellow, and also 

 where the starters were only half way down 

 in the sections. By holding the comb up to 



the light, we can not see any different shade 

 where the fdn. ended and the natural comb 

 commenced, and by cutting with a knife, we 

 discover no difference where the yelloic is used, 

 although there is sometimes a difference with 

 the white. The yellow seems to answer so 

 perfectly for all purposes, that we can not see 

 any possible need of using white wax at all ; 

 still, as thei'e are some who seem to have a 

 preference for it, we shall keep it constantly 

 on hand. We purchase the very best white 

 wax of the wax bleachers, for making it. 



But why not use a piece of worker fdn., to 

 replace the drone comb 'i Even a queenless 

 colony will make all worker comb then, and 

 it is such a quick and simple thing to get clear 

 worker combs now, that we can hardly take 

 the time to fuss with 'the irregular natural 

 combs. 



We too have had trouble in tryiug to move 

 unfertile queens, and would second the cau- 

 tion. 



We think "Hans" is on a safe track ; " long 

 may he live and prosper." The ABC will 

 surely go down to Z, providence permitting. 



SAI.ICYl.ir ACID, AND HOW TO USE IT 

 FOR FOITL, BROOD. 



^|RIEND Muth who has successfully ban- 

 /t . ished foul brood from his apiary, sends 

 '' us the following : 



It is of some importance to our friends to know the 

 correct recipe for the foul brood medicine so as to get 

 it made in any drug store. It is as follows : 



128 grains of soda borax. 



1-28 " " Salicylic acid. 

 16 ounces of distilled water. 



Chas. F. Muth, Cincinnati, O., July 3d, '77. 

 His plan of applying it as we understand it, 

 is to uncap all the brood in every frame that 

 shows any diseased cells, and thoroughly 

 spray or drench, bees, brood, comb and all 

 with the solution. Mr. M. thinks the borax 

 quite au important addiiion, as he effected a 

 perfect cure, by a single application. From 

 reports received, we are inclined to think there 

 are different types of the malady ; those of the 

 milder form, yield verj' readily, and iu fact 

 often disappear of themselves, while the worst 

 forms seem proof against almost all that can 

 be done, except destroying bees, combs and 

 all ; at least reports would seem to indicate as 

 much, although we hope that when we get 

 better acquainted with it, it will be found not 



