. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 136 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [December 1, 1876. ease, brought on either by the bees eating un- wholesome food or by the coldness of the hive (often caused by careless over-ventilation), ren- dering the consumption of a large quantity of food necessary to keep up the heat in the winter's nest requisite to life. This is an oft-told tale, but it is too often necessary to remind bee- keepers of probabilities in advance, to render its repetition out of place. Prevention of dysentery is easy, dryness of the hives' interior being the chief condit
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 136 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [December 1, 1876. ease, brought on either by the bees eating un- wholesome food or by the coldness of the hive (often caused by careless over-ventilation), ren- dering the consumption of a large quantity of food necessary to keep up the heat in the winter's nest requisite to life. This is an oft-told tale, but it is too often necessary to remind bee- keepers of probabilities in advance, to render its repetition out of place. Prevention of dysentery is easy, dryness of the hives' interior being the chief condition (this is brought about by gentle ventilation, /. e. ventilation without perceptible draught), and is so far better than cure in this respect that we would advise every bee-keeper to use every possible means to prevent it, for very often its cure is impossible. The general remedy for the troublesome malady is fresh, wholesome syrup or barley-sugar, but the diffi- culty in cold weather is to get the bees to take them. A thorough warming and drying of the affected hives is useful in dispelling the active principle of the disease; but as this must be done with the bees in confinement, it is not always easy of accomplishment. Any arrangement, by which the bees may take a short flight, in a large bell-glass, or net, while in a heated room, will be beneficial, as only during flight can the poor distended bees relieve themselves, and it may be taken for granted that those which have appeared to do so within the hive having actually burst. Few of the dysenteric bees ever recover so as to be useful; they arc visually so weakened by the disease that they die off before the brood which they, as it were, instinctively produce to re- place themselves, comes to maturity.* THE RAYNOR HIVE. This hive, as exhibited at the Alexandra Palace, aims at comprising most of the modern improvements in bar-frame hives. The hive is of wood, with crown- board of straw, and contains ten frames, with two
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