. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 268 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 2, 1908. been cumbersome appliances that fix on to the jar in a variety of inconvenient ways, but not one of them is as efficacious as the little hook which is stamped out of the back of this spoon, and by which it hangs on the top of the jar with almost automatic precision. 2. It is easy to use, for the handle of the spoon is always above the jar, and so your fingers never get sticky, while the honey, instead of lying in the bowl of the. spoon, drains back into the jar again, leaving the spoon clean and
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 268 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 2, 1908. been cumbersome appliances that fix on to the jar in a variety of inconvenient ways, but not one of them is as efficacious as the little hook which is stamped out of the back of this spoon, and by which it hangs on the top of the jar with almost automatic precision. 2. It is easy to use, for the handle of the spoon is always above the jar, and so your fingers never get sticky, while the honey, instead of lying in the bowl of the. spoon, drains back into the jar again, leaving the spoon clean and easy to use. 3. It is well made of nickel silver plated, or solid silver, and so cannot be affected by acids. 4. It is so cheap as to be within the reach of the most economic bee-keeper. Queries and Replies. [3740.] Judging Disease by Smell Only.—I shall be grateful if you will give me information in the , on the following :—I noticed lately that from two of my hives a slight smell issued, and this is noticeable at night only. I have kept bees for three years, and have had no experience in disease, but I suspected foul brood, and took off the supers, and fear my suspicions are correct. A few cells look very much as described in the " Guide Book," but there is no appreciable smell from the combs, and it only seems faintly per- ceptible at night. The honey-flow is still on, and the supers are packed, and I have had one strong swarm from a suspected hive. No dead bees are being carried out, and the hives are very strong in bees. I should like to know :—1. Is it probable that my other hives will become affected? 2. Is it advisable to let the bees alone till the honey- flow is over, and then deal with them as described in the " Guide Book," or do so now ? 3. Will the swarm from the suspected hive carry the disease with them? 4. Would it be of any use to spray the brood-combs with phenyle when shifting the supers, as a preliminary measure, and when such
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