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source and then extracting that honey before the bees begin a new 
source. 
The granulation of honey after being gathered especially ia 
cold weather is looked upon as a sign of its purity. It may be again 
easily rendered liquid by heating, the containing vessel in a can or 
boiler of hot water. Very high temperatures should never be ap- 
plied to honey as it has a tendency to destroy the flavor and aroma. 
The foregoing at best is but a brief outline of the subject of bee- 
keeping and for one interested in the keeping of bees there is nsth- 
ing better than to become a close reader of one or more of our bee 
journals. In this way many different methods of operating an 
apiary may be learned and the whole subject slowly mastered. A 
list of the bee journals published in this country is here given, 
Gleanings in Bee Culture, Medina, O. (Bi-monthly.) 
The American Bee Journal, Chicago, Ill. (Weekly.) 
The Beekeepers’ Review, Flint, Mich. (Monthly.) 
The American Bee Keeper, Jamestown, N. Y. (Monthly). 
The Progressive Bee Keeper, Higginsville, Mo. (Monthly.) 
The Rural Bee Keeper, River Falls, Wis. Monthly.) 
BEE DISEASES 
It seems almost superfluous to speak of this subject as Mon- 
tana bee keepers are so little troubled if at all, by the maiadies which 
attack bees. The most common disease is that of dysentery and the 
best remedy a good cleansing flight. It only attacks bees in the 
winter and is caused by excessive dampness or soured honey due 
again to dampness. 
There is a paralysis prevalent among bees which is found to 
attack only the adult bees and hence easily, suppressed. It is a 
bacterial disease and the victims driven forth by the other bees may 
be seen black and shiny in appearance struggling with their un- 
certain movements away from the inflicted colony. Removing first 
all of the brood and honey of the colony, powdered sulphur may he 
strewn about the hive. Another way is to carry the infected colony 
or colonies away some distance, a half mile to a mile, and then to 
remove the brood as fast as it is bred and to save the progeny of the 
colony. The old bees will soon die off and the colony thus deplet- 
