. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Published Monthly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Company, First National Bank Building C. H. DADANT. Kditor. DR. C. C. MILLKR. Associate Kditor. HAMILTON, ILL., JULY, 1912 VoL LII-No. 7. Amount of Honey Consumed by a Colony The reader will find in this number a very interesting article upon this question from the pen of Adrian Getaz. Mr. Getaz shows, as usual, profound study on his subject. On the cost of wax, however, one of his authorities is hardly to be relied upon. Sylviac is the writer who, after making an experiment on the honey extra
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Published Monthly at $ a Year, by George W. York & Company, First National Bank Building C. H. DADANT. Kditor. DR. C. C. MILLKR. Associate Kditor. HAMILTON, ILL., JULY, 1912 VoL LII-No. 7. Amount of Honey Consumed by a Colony The reader will find in this number a very interesting article upon this question from the pen of Adrian Getaz. Mr. Getaz shows, as usual, profound study on his subject. On the cost of wax, however, one of his authorities is hardly to be relied upon. Sylviac is the writer who, after making an experiment on the honey extractor, denounced this implement as impracticable. No further com- ment is necessary. Regarding the weight of cappings, the Editor has repeatedly found that it amounts to from 1 to IJz percent of the total weight of the honey extracted. The cost of wax to the bees is not only the actual consumption of honey, but also the loss in crop to those bees while they are confined to the hive, building the comb. If we figure it in any other way, we delude ourselves. Of course, for the purpose of ascertaing how much honey is actually consumed, Mr. Getaz' argument is good. But the ixiKl cost in honey can be no bet- ter determined than the cost in corn for the fat produced in cattle. It evi- dentlv varies with circumstances. To All Who Have No Foul Brood Every now and then a letter comes from some one in a panic because there is some unusual appearance in his hives, and he is afraid foul brood is present. It may be that there is nothing serious whatever, and he might have saved himself the panic if he had only taken the trouble to read up a lit- tle on the symptoms of bee-diseases. But he had always felt that he was not interested in foul brood, and in his reading skipped anything on that sub- ject. In most cases, however, it is likely that fears are justified. Foul brood is so thoroughly scattered all over the land that no matter how secure you may now feel it is only a question of time when
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