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finally forced to void it over the combs and 
over the hives. In such cases, where one 
has good clean combs of sealed honey he 
may take out the soiled combs and replace 
with the clean ones. At the same time the 
brood-nest should be contracted to a space 
the bees can fill. This work should never 
be done on a cool day—only when it is 
warm and balmy. But the practical bee¬ 
keeper of today does not fuss with colonies 
affected with dysentery; for he knows that, 
as soon as warm weather comes, the trouble 
will disappear of itself, in all colonies not 
too far gone and too weak to recover. 
Combs taken out of the hive in cold 
weather, and stained with dysentery, may 
be given to strong colonies in late spring 
or summer to clean up. Indeed, there is no 
danger in hiving swarms in hives where 
colonies have died with dysentery during 
the previous winter. They will quickly 
clean up and use the stores that are left. 
DYSENTERY IN BEE-CELLARS. 
After a long and cold winter, if the : 
temperature in the cellar goes much below 
40 degrees Eahr., or if the stores are of 
poor quality, there is a liability of some 
colonies being affected with dysentery. The 
best remedy is prevention. The cellar should 
be dry, and the temperature should be be¬ 
tween 45 and 50° F. It should never go be¬ 
low 40' for a longer period than three or 
four days. If the temperature of the cel¬ 
lar can not be kept up, a small stove with 
a connection to a chimney should be used 
to bring it up to the requisite point. 
Some authorities think that dampness 
has nothing to do with causing dysentery 
in the cellar; but dampness in combination 
with a temperature below 40 degrees for 
several weeks is a very common cause of 
dysentery in ^cellar repositories. 
But what should be done if the bees do 
get dysentery, Suppose the food is bad, 
and the cellar one where it is not practica¬ 
ble to use artificial heat, at an outyard for 
example. If there are days during mid¬ 
winter when the bees can fly (and some 
localities do afford such weather for one 
day and possibly two), take the diseased 
colonies out on one such day and let them 
have a flight, then at night put them back 
in the cellar. A cleansing flight will do a 
world of good. Some authorities disagree 
here; but our own experience has shown 
conclusively, over and over again, that it 
does pay. If the bees are suffering from 
an over-accumulation of poisonous fecal 
matter, why will there not be almost in¬ 
stantaneous relief as soon as it can be 
voided? If the food is bad, give the bees 
better next year. Some recommend taking 
away all fall stores and feeding sugar 
syrup. For further consideration of this 
subject, see Wintering in Cellars. 
DZIERZON.* —The life of Dr. Dzierzon 
was a simple, uneventful one, similar to 
that of many clergymen in Germany. He 
was born on Jan. 16, 1811, at Lowkowitz, 
near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia. He at¬ 
tended the school of Lowkowitz till his 
tenth year, and was afterward transferred 
to the University of Breslau, where he at¬ 
tained such excellence in his studies that, 
after having finished his course, he had been 
first in every class in his college, and left 
the University in the autumn of 1830 with 
a certificate as having passed No. 1. 
From early childhood young Dzierzon 
had a great partiality for bees. His father 
kept a few colonies in log hives, mostly 
placed in an upright position; these were 
at that time the kind in general use in 
Silesia. He always found the greatest 
pleasure in the contemplation of the inde¬ 
fatigable industry of bees, and while study¬ 
ing at the University he was 1 in the habit 
of taking his walks near to an apiary, or 
where a colony of bees occupied a hollow 
tree, so that he might enjoy the sight of 
the industrious insects and listen to their 
joyful humming. 
His fondness for bees made him choose a 
calling in which it would be possible for 
him to follow the bent of his inclination. 
Dzierzon was ordained on March 16, 
1834, and having acted as chaplain in the 
Schalkowitz District of Oppeln till July, 
1835, he received a clerical appointment 
at Karlsmarkt. This brought him a very 
small income; but, as in succeeding years 
it suited him entirely, it never occurred to 
him to seek a more richly endowed living. 
The garden of his parsonage was a toler¬ 
ably large one, and his first care was to 
arrange a place for bees. He soon stocked 
it with some colonies from his father’s 
* From the British Bee Journal, Dec. 20, 1906. 
