THE AUSTRALIAN BEEKEEPERS’ JOURNAL 1<>3 
known. It in only fair that the render* should 
know the qualification of any person who 
professes to tench them beekeeping. 
Lately the reversible frames are said to be the 
means of making the Langstroth hive complete 
It looks well on paper, and as a matter of course 
many a beemnn is sorry to find the section* 
empty or only half-filled when the brood frames 
are stocked with honey j but will reversing the 
frames induce the bees to carry the honey far 
up into the sections, perhaps several stories 
high ? In consequence of the natural instinct, 
the bees spread their brood to a certain 
extent, and immediately above and around 
it place their honey store. Of what use 
would it be, for instance, to extract all 
the honey from the brood frames, and then 
feed it again. Will the bees carry it up into 
the sections? No. But it is easy enough 
tried, and the result will be about the same 
as with the reversible frame. What if, in the 
time the bees are forced to carry their sealed- 
up stores from one place to another, plenty 
of honey could be gathered outside ? And 
what about the trouble the bees have to 
re form the cells into their natural shape 
again ? 
Mr. Naveau discovered, during his very 
short trial of one Berlepsch hive, that in 
regard of wintering it cannot be surpassed ; 
and he would have discovered other advan- 
tages had he longer experience. That in his 
extractor these frames do not fit forextracting 
is not a fault of the hive or frames, but of the 
extractor. If the propolis be removed before 
the cold weather sets in, and as we should 
not disturb our bees in cold weather, there is 
another complaint removed ; and it is the 
beeman's duty to see that every new comb be 
built straight in the frame, and then they 
will not be fixed together, and everything 
goes smooth. 
W. Abram. 
Manager Italian Bee Company, Parramatta, 
NSW., 
11th September, 1886. 
( To the Editors of the A ustralian Beekeepers' 
Journal.) 
Gr.STt.KMr.!*, — In the illustrated German 
Bee Journal, from Gravenhorst, I read an 
article on the cure of foul brood, and it is 
stated there, that even by the use of phenol 
the disease sometimes breaks out again. 
I)r. Paul Jachum recommended chloriac of 
mercury. This remedy was tried by several 
members of the Association, and the cure was 
so complete, and the disease was so entirely 
eradicated, that it never broke out again. 
The way how it is used is as follows t— All 
the frames arc lifted out of the hive into the 
comb-holder, and then the inside of the hive 
gets thoroughly sprinkled with the chloride 
— a solution of one part in 20,000 distilled 
water, or 1 in 18,000 — with a spray or an 
atomizer. Then you take the frames, and 
those cell* which have foul brood in, have to 
be opened with a pin or penknife, so that by 
sprinkling the chloride gets into those cells, 
and after this operation the combs may be 
returned to the hive, and the work is done. 
By the use of the chloride of mercury, the 
slimy, foul, broody matter in the cells dry* up 
completely that the cells become easy for the 
workers to clean. After three weeks, inspect 
the hive again and give them another sprink- 
ling ; but should some combs be too badly 
affected with the disease, it is better to destroy 
such combs, for the bees are capable to build- 
ing new combs quicker than cleaning the old 
ones, particularly if foundation is given them. 
Formula for the solution of chloride of 
mercury (corrosive sublimate: — ) 
Part. Distilled W»t«r. 
Corrosive sublimate l by weight to 20,000 
or 1 do. 18,000 
in very bad cases 1 do. 1 5,000 
The article referred to is in German, and 
which I have translated and given the substance 
in the above. — Yours, See. 
H. Naveau. 
Hamilton, Victoria, 
10th September, 1886. 
[The above method of treating foul brood is 
by no means troublesome, and it appears quite 
rational, as the chloride of mercury is a 
powerful germicide. The dose is almost 
honucopathic, still it is a very powerful drug 
and has to be used with caution. If we are 
unfortunate enough to get foul brood among 
our stocks we will certainly try it. — E d.] 
[To the Editors of the Australian Beekeepers' 
Journal. 
Gentlemen, — With great pleasure I hailed 
1 the arrival of another number of our Colonial 
Bee Journal, and I find that it is not only 
i becoming more interesting, but contain* matter 
of vast importance to those who will avail 
themselves of it. But I am very sorry for the 
antagonistic spirit shown by some of the 
correspondents. I think they should all 
endeavour to advance our interests in a more 
friendly spirit For instance, the comparison 
made by " Apis " to a kitchen window in a 
large house with the glass back in the Ber- 
1 pleach hive is not at all appropriate. True it 
< is, of course, that from a kitchen window all 
' the contents in the house cannot be observed ; 
but this cannot be said of a beehive, where the 
