. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 707 in check so long as the bees are using the medicated syrup—which probably deceived Mr. Cheshire and Mr. Clarke; but evet-y cell in tlte hive must be disinfected before ttie)-e can be a complete cure. Even if this treatment were a success, there would be a great obstacle in the way of its application here in this Western country, where alfalfa is largely grown, as we are likely to have a continuous light flow of honey from early spring till late fall, and he who finds his bees diseased in spring may have to wait six
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 1895. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 707 in check so long as the bees are using the medicated syrup—which probably deceived Mr. Cheshire and Mr. Clarke; but evet-y cell in tlte hive must be disinfected before ttie)-e can be a complete cure. Even if this treatment were a success, there would be a great obstacle in the way of its application here in this Western country, where alfalfa is largely grown, as we are likely to have a continuous light flow of honey from early spring till late fall, and he who finds his bees diseased in spring may have to wait six months before he can treat them, and then he finds he needs no remedy. I. W. Beckwith. Grover, Colo. Bees Did but Little this Season. Bees have done very little this season, have 34 colonies. J. B. Ressler. Shellrock, Iowa, Oct. 11. Kingbirds—Bobber-Bees. I have noticed what T. S. Ford has said regarding kingbirds. If they are what we have always called bee-martins, I would advise watching them closely, and if you don't want to be bothered too much with drones, let them go their way. for they are drone-catchers. If you don't believe it, shoot one on the wing when it flies up and makes its grab, and see what it has in its bill when it falls. Again, notice the time of day it does its work. Notice if you ever see them fly after bees early in the morn- ing, or see them around after the bees kill off their drones. I have often thought, and yet think, that they often make a mistake and kill a queen, and leave a colony queen- less. It you have a colony robbing others, find the one doing the robbing, and break some of their comb, and see how quickly they will turn their attention to their home. We have had another hard season in this locality—too dry. I will have to feed some for winter. Andrew Cotton. Pollock, Mo., Oct. 19. Not a Favorable Season. The past season was not very favorable for honey here—July was too dry. although I got about 1,(100 pounds of comb honey from ?){)
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