. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .Inly, 11)16. \ -»^^-<c^^^MAm0rican;Bgc Journal recording. When colonies are treated for American foulbrood by the starva- tion plan and transferred twice, there is a tendency for some swarms to de- sert the hive, at the second transfer. In prevention of this desertion, Mr. Booer clips the queen's wings just be- fore treating the colony, and insures the withholding of the swarm. A comb of brood, given after treatment, helps satisfy the swarm. Mr. Davidson, the Atascosa County Inspector, a man of great experience, mentioned paralysis as a disease qu
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .Inly, 11)16. \ -»^^-<c^^^MAm0rican;Bgc Journal recording. When colonies are treated for American foulbrood by the starva- tion plan and transferred twice, there is a tendency for some swarms to de- sert the hive, at the second transfer. In prevention of this desertion, Mr. Booer clips the queen's wings just be- fore treating the colony, and insures the withholding of the swarm. A comb of brood, given after treatment, helps satisfy the swarm. Mr. Davidson, the Atascosa County Inspector, a man of great experience, mentioned paralysis as a disease quite common after long spells of confine- ment. He calls it "constipation," which changes to an epidemic, under certain conditions. We believe " constipation " is the better name. Our next trip was to Hondo, on the Monday following. [To be continued ] w About the Combs BY DR. BRUNNICH. |HEN I hive the beautiful cluster of an artificial swarm, I often find in the swarm-box a new white comb; then I cannot but admire the charming little work of the beautiful hexagons of wax, which no human master with all the craft of his race and with all the perfect instruments at his disposition can copy. Considering that this little mrsterwork is not only a wonder of exactest and minutest architecture, but that it represents the simplest, the most suitable and the most parsimonious cradle, the enjoy- ment in beholding it is the greater, and one is touched for an instant by a solemn feeling before the wonderful works of the Almighty. These little cells, formed of the very blood of the bees, represent the cradles of the com- ing generation, they serve as s/orc- rooms for the noblest product of the plants, the pollen, and for the divine nectar, the honey. But like all things of the world, the golden combs urmu old, the more gen- erations of bee-children are reared in them from the egg to the full-grown insect, the darker becomes the waxen palace. The fresh new comb is white; i
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