. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 518 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Aug-. 17, CONDUCTED BY DR. C. C. MILLER. Marenffo, III. (The Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, wlien he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.] Hardly Foul Brood. — I opened the hive of one of my best colonies yesterday, andjfound about a dozen dead larv^ about ready to cap over, some were white, some of natural color, others were all .set- tled back in the cell. Part were a little ropy, without any smell to any of them. I opened ot
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 518 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL, Aug-. 17, CONDUCTED BY DR. C. C. MILLER. Marenffo, III. (The Questions may be mailed to the Bee Journal office, or to Dr. Miller direct, wlien he will answer them here. Please do not ask the Doctor to send answers by mail.—Editor.] Hardly Foul Brood. — I opened the hive of one of my best colonies yesterday, andjfound about a dozen dead larv^ about ready to cap over, some were white, some of natural color, others were all .set- tled back in the cell. Part were a little ropy, without any smell to any of them. I opened other hives, and found now and then a dead larva, probably four or five on some On the frame that had the most dead, a worm that lookt like a wire-worm crawled out of the comb. It wasn't a moth- ?worm, for it was very slim. I thoug-ht it might have some- thing to do with the case. Minnesot.\. '~r Answer.—Your bees hardlj' have foul brood, but it will do'no harm to watch the matter closelj'. I don't know what that worm'may be, and don't know whether it has anything to do with-the trouble. Queen-Rearing Questions. 1. Do j'ou think that it will pay me to rear queens next year ? 2. Please give the best method you know for queen-rear- ing-, and explain it. 3. How manj' queens do you suppose I would sell in one season ? 4. How many nuclei should I have ? 5. What mailing-cag-e is the best ? South Carolin.\. Answers.—1. Doubtful that it will pay you to rear more than enough for your own use, unless you have had a great deal of experience. 2. Get Doolittle's book on queen-rearing and studv it up in full. 3. Probablj' very few the first season. A great many are selling queens, many of them well known for yeans, and you would stand rather a poor chance as a stranger. 4. That would depend altogether on the amount of your business. If you expect to sell 10 a month, you would per- haps need that number of nuclei. 5. Perhaps the Benton cage. A Number of Queens and Queen-Cells i
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