. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Aug. 18, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 573 the brood was not sealed, and most of it was dead in the cells. I had all the combs cut out and put into water, with instructions to pour off the water after soaking a few hours, and bury it out of reach of the bees. I then ordered the comb boiled and the wax removed from the surface of the water upon collect- ing. The hive and frames which were filthy and not of very good quality, I ordered burned. I turned the bees into a new, clean hive with comb founda- tion starters 4 inches wide, with in- structions t
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Aug. 18, 1904. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 573 the brood was not sealed, and most of it was dead in the cells. I had all the combs cut out and put into water, with instructions to pour off the water after soaking a few hours, and bury it out of reach of the bees. I then ordered the comb boiled and the wax removed from the surface of the water upon collect- ing. The hive and frames which were filthy and not of very good quality, I ordered burned. I turned the bees into a new, clean hive with comb founda- tion starters 4 inches wide, with in- structions to feed them until they went to work. Upon returning home I changed all my clothing. I hadused a screw-driver to pry loose the frames in the diseased colony. This I held in a blaze until the handle was scorched to a brown color. In addition to this I washed it in verj- strong soap-suds before taking it about my own apiary. I may have been unnecessarily cau- tious about spreading this disease, but I cannot underrate the amount of harm that might have come to me as well as to my neighbors who keep bees. Had the colony referred to been my own I should have taken it away at night, poured coal-oil all over and through the hive with bees fastened in, and burned up the entire disgusting mass. I have not a particle of friendly feel- ing for bee-keepers who are careless with foul-broody colonies, or those peo- ple who tell the public through the press that bee-keepers make honey- comb, fill and cap it over, and that they mix glucose in large quantities with small quantities of honey, then label and sell it for pure honey. I feel con- fident that a great of this could be pre- vented if we were more watchful, and TENNESSEE QUEENS Dantrhters of Select Im- ported Italian, Select Long-ToogTie (Moore's), and Select Golden, bred 3% miles apart, aud mated to Select Drones. No im- pure bees witliin 3 miles, and but few vithin £ miles. No disease; 31 years' experience. A 11 mismatedqneens replace
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