. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 503. Do not write anything for publication on the same sheet of paper witn business matters, unless it can be torn apart without interfering with either part of the letter. Curing Bee-Diarrhea. I have read in various papers that bees were subjected to a disease known as " diar- rhea, and that no remedy for it thus far had been discovered. I have been inter- ested in bee-culture for 20 years or more, and not until' recently did I know what to call this disease, although my bees have frequently been infected with it. The win-
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 503. Do not write anything for publication on the same sheet of paper witn business matters, unless it can be torn apart without interfering with either part of the letter. Curing Bee-Diarrhea. I have read in various papers that bees were subjected to a disease known as " diar- rhea, and that no remedy for it thus far had been discovered. I have been inter- ested in bee-culture for 20 years or more, and not until' recently did I know what to call this disease, although my bees have frequently been infected with it. The win- ter of 1892 it attacked one colony, and by spring they were all dead. This winter it entered another hive, and the bees began to die until two-thirds of them were gone. Thinking that they would all die anyhow, if left in this condition. I resorted to an ex- periment, to see if there was any cure for it; the experiment proved a success, and the bees are as free from it now as if they had never been attacked by the loathsome disease. John K. Rbger. South Branch, N. J. [We should be pleased to have Mr. Reger describe his cure for bee-diarrhea, for the benefit of the readers of the Bee Journal. —Ed.] Packing-Case Method of Wintering-. I make packing-cases 6 feet long, 30 inches wide, and 3 feet high in front, and 2 feet at the back, with roof of good shingles, and separate from the case. The boarding in front extends to within 6 inches of the bot- tom, at which point a shelf 4 inches wide extends inward, against which the hives are placed. Each case will contain three hives, which rest upon 4 bricks placed on the ground. The cases have no bottom, and are set over the hives and rest on bricks. The hives are put 6 inches from the end, and the center one in the middle. This arrangement leaves a space of 4^o 6 inches on every side, and 12 to 16 on top. I pack it full of di-y leaves. and place the roof on. when it is ready for winter. This method of packing leaves 6 inches of the hive
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