. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1903 THE AM EN I VAX BEE-KEEPER 85 gave me but little honey; but now the hives are full, and 1,000 to 1,500 gal- lons should be gathered during Febru- ary. Our honey now is all from the coffee, mango and pomarosa trees, which are in full bloom, and the bees are frantically busy. Last month I sent 2,000 gallons of honey in five-gal- lon cans—two in a case—to Hamburg; put on board at 46 cents a gallon. With best wishes for yourself and the American Bee-Keeper, I remain, Fraternally yours, Dr. J. B. Pons. Hallowell, Me., Feb. 2, 1903. American Bee-Ke
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1903 THE AM EN I VAX BEE-KEEPER 85 gave me but little honey; but now the hives are full, and 1,000 to 1,500 gal- lons should be gathered during Febru- ary. Our honey now is all from the coffee, mango and pomarosa trees, which are in full bloom, and the bees are frantically busy. Last month I sent 2,000 gallons of honey in five-gal- lon cans—two in a case—to Hamburg; put on board at 46 cents a gallon. With best wishes for yourself and the American Bee-Keeper, I remain, Fraternally yours, Dr. J. B. Pons. Hallowell, Me., Feb. 2, 1903. American Bee-Keeper: I have a hive of bees which I think has pickled brood. The brood seems to die all the way from just before cap- ping the cells until the bee is developed and trying to crawl out of the cell. There is no odor; is it ropy. The "pees remove it after a few days. La5,t August I shook them onto frames of foundation, but left on the sections, and it was just as bad afterwards. The old hive I gave a queen-cell, and just before the queen begun to lay, I put them on foundation, and all was right. What I am anxious to know is whether there is any way that I can save the old combs. I will have 16 fine ones, and nine of them heavy with pollen and honey. I can't find anything in rny books or papers that gives me any in- formation in regard to it. The dis- eased colony is wintering finely, so far. Yours truly, Albin N. Lehr. (It is exceedingly difficult for us to arrive at any definite conclusions as to the cause of ,the pupae dying in the inanner stated; though it is not very improbable that you have correctly diagnosed the trouble. In the event of your being sa,tisfied that the disease is nothing more malignant than pickled brood, we should not hesitate to make use of the combs. It might be prudent, however, to extract the honey and give the combs and remaining pollen a very thorough sun-bath. Tha,t is, expose both sides of the combs to sunshine for a considerable le
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