. Bee culture; or, Successful management of the apiary. Bees. BEE CULTURE. 79 To ship queens the Scovell Queen Cage (Fig. 54), or the Novice Cage (Fig. 55), should be used. Inclose a few workers with "Her Majesty" as li compagnons de voyage," These cages are already provisioned for the journey. BEE DISEASES. Dysentery in the latter part of winter and early spring is a malady that affects some apiaries. The bees discharge their excrements over the hives and combs, producing a dark ap- pearance and offensive odor. The cause is either fermented honey, improper food, or too warm and
. Bee culture; or, Successful management of the apiary. Bees. BEE CULTURE. 79 To ship queens the Scovell Queen Cage (Fig. 54), or the Novice Cage (Fig. 55), should be used. Inclose a few workers with "Her Majesty" as li compagnons de voyage," These cages are already provisioned for the journey. BEE DISEASES. Dysentery in the latter part of winter and early spring is a malady that affects some apiaries. The bees discharge their excrements over the hives and combs, producing a dark ap- pearance and offensive odor. The cause is either fermented honey, improper food, or too warm and poorly ventilated quarters. Give them good capped honey and a cleansing. Fig. 55.—Simplicity Queen Cage.' flight. If too cold for this, out of doors, take the hive to a warm room, make a box, front and top of wire cloth or mus- quito netting, adjust it to the entrance, so the bees must enter it on leaving the hive. This will usually prove an effectual remedy. Foul brood is the rotting of brood in a hive; the caps of the sealed brood appear indented and shriveled, and the larvae and young bees in unsealed cells become putrid, emitting a disgusting stench. With an atomizer (Fig. 37) spray the hive, bees, brood, honey and combs with a solution of salicylic acid, borax and rain water, repeated on the sixth day. Re- move the diseased brood from the hive and give them good capped honey, and if not too far advanced this may give Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Newman, Thomas Gabriel, 1833-1903. [from old catalog]. Chicago, T. G. Newman & son
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