. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE. [No. 32. Vol. III.] DECEMBER, 1875. [Published Monthly.] €intaxxd, Itoticxs, $r- DECEMBEK. Having from time to time given directions which, if carried out, would ensure the safe wintering of bees, we know of nothing save accident and unpreventable disease that will be likely to interfere with their well-being. "We must, nevertheless, reiterate for the benefit of our new readers, that the time for feeding with syrup has passed ; and that when food is necessary, barley-sugar only should be used. During the winter months bees should
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. THE. [No. 32. Vol. III.] DECEMBER, 1875. [Published Monthly.] €intaxxd, Itoticxs, $r- DECEMBEK. Having from time to time given directions which, if carried out, would ensure the safe wintering of bees, we know of nothing save accident and unpreventable disease that will be likely to interfere with their well-being. "We must, nevertheless, reiterate for the benefit of our new readers, that the time for feeding with syrup has passed ; and that when food is necessary, barley-sugar only should be used. During the winter months bees should be left undisturbed, and except that a little attention should be paid to the entrances to the hives and care taken that they shall not become barred either by dead bees or debris from within, or any foreign matter from without. Take care also to prevent the sun's rays from shining into the entrances ; but on all occasions give the hives themselves the full benefit of their fitful gleams. They will seldom be sufficiently powerful during winter to do more than aid in drying the hives, and every ex- posure by the removal of the hive's covering will be beneficial, inasmuch as it will enable the bee-keeper to detect and destroy the insects and enemies which may have effected a lodg- ment therein. The chief, nay, the only un- preventable disease from which the bees will be likely to suffer is foul-brood; and at this particular period it is seldom its presence can be discovered, as the putrid filth in the diseased cells will in most instances have dried up, and not until breeding has again commenced will it become apparent. Hives afflicted with this disease have hitherto been held to be incurable, and the best authorities have counselled their destruction ; but recent discoveries in Germany have shown a way out of the difficulty, and to the facile pen of J. Wood, Esq. of Denmark, we are indebted for a full translation and de- scription of the means and method adopted in its cure.
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