containers that have been used for imported honey being thrown out 
where bees have had access to them. There have been a g00d many 
cases of Sac- brood, and American Foul-brood and Sac-brooi naye occasion- 
ally both been found present in hives at the same time, 
After long spells of wet weather there have been several instances 
‘of the so-called “disappearing disease,” indicated by numbers of bees 
crawling from the hives and congregating on the ground, or clustering on 
the stems of grass, or other vegetation, having lost the power of flight. 
This is thought by s:me to be identical with the Isle of Wight disease, 
now so prevalent in England, but only occurring on this continent ina 
milder form. It has always subsided and disappeared here after a change 
to sunny and dry weather conditions without treatment. 
Owing ‘to a serisus outbreak of European Foul-brood on the Lower 
Mainland an Order-in-Council has recently been made prohibiting the 
movement of bees, within the province, without a Certificate of Inspection 
showing that the apiary from which they came has been inspected by a 
Government Inspector within a period of thirty days, prior to such move-, 
ment, and found to be free from disease. 
USEFUL HINTS. 
Syrup for Spring Feeding.—White granulated sugar dissolved in hot 
water, equal parts of each. Give syrup to the bees warm, and in the 
evening, sx as to prevent robbing from being started. 
Syrup for Winter Food.—Two parts of white granulated sugar to’ one 
part of water, by volume, and boiled for about fifteen minutes. Add one 
ounce of cream of tertar for each forty pounds of sugar, before bciling 
point is reached. The latter helps to invert the sugar and retard granu- 
lation. Keep well, stirred until sugar is dissolved. Burnt sugar is in- | 
jurious to bees. Give syrup warm, and in the evening, and use plenty 
of warm coverings round feeder to conserve the heat. 
‘Candy.—To ten pounds white granulated sugar add cne ‘and a half 
pints of hot water, half an ounce of salt, half a teaspoonful cream of tartar 
Put whole in a stewpan over a brisk fire and keep well stirred until sugar 
is dissolved. When it comes to the boil'draw pan back so that it simmers 
gently for ten minutes. As the scum rises skim it cif, Then place stew- 
pan in a larger vessel containing cold water. As soon as it has cooled 
sufficiently so that the finger may be kept in without scalding keep stirring 
until it becomes of the consistency of thick cream, and pour out into deep 
pans or dishes lined with stzut paper If of the right consistency it 
should be smooth in the grain and soft enough to be easily scraped with 
the finger nail when cold. 
Safe Queen Introduction—Queens can invariably be safely introduced 
by means of the large wire-cloth cage made to enclose a Langstroth frame 
A frame of sealed hatching brood from which the bees have’ been shaken 
off is put into the cage, and then the queen. .The cage is put in the centre 
of the brood nest in the hive and allowed to remain for several days, until 
a good number of young bees have hatched, when the frame can be taken 
out and replaced in the hive. 
Supersedure Cells. — Queen cells built on the face of the comb are 
usually an indicatizn of supersedure of the queen. 
When to add Supers—When the bees extend to the outside combs in 
the brood chamber add another story of built out combs, or full sheets of 
foundation. When they are found working cn the outside combs in this 
add another story, and so on. 
