. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 4, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 365 dangerous, it not deadly, when taken into some stomachs, and is now condemned as a preservative of foods by various health de- partments. It renders gelatine or glue insoluble in hot water, and is an antiseptic tougheuer of the skin. The Cerman soldiers are made to bathe their feet in a weak solution of it, and to drop a little in their shoes to toughen them and prevent sweating. As a germicide I believe it is now consid- ered pre-eminent by the best authorities. Sheets saturated witli it are now used almost
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. June 4, 1903. THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 365 dangerous, it not deadly, when taken into some stomachs, and is now condemned as a preservative of foods by various health de- partments. It renders gelatine or glue insoluble in hot water, and is an antiseptic tougheuer of the skin. The Cerman soldiers are made to bathe their feet in a weak solution of it, and to drop a little in their shoes to toughen them and prevent sweating. As a germicide I believe it is now consid- ered pre-eminent by the best authorities. Sheets saturated witli it are now used almost universally for disinfection after contagious diseases, and it is regarded as sure death to all germs of disease. I have had no experience with foul brood, and hope I will not have, but if I should have, I think I'd atomize it with formalin for a venture, anyway. With apologies to Mr. Hasty. Ralph D. Cleveland. Dupage Co., 111. P. S.—It may be bought of any druggist, and costs about as much as ammonia. R. n. C. Experience with Queens—A Reply. On page I'.IS, Henry Alley starts off well, but he is like the bees I have in the grain re- gion of the Willamette Valley I spoke about some time ago—he gathers poor stuff before he gets through. At least two statements in his article are not argument, and do not prove anything except that he is too set in his ways to live and learn anything new. But what does prove something is the fact that many subscribers of the " Old Reliable" and many other bee-papers are buying queens every year that never live through the first winter, and most of the colonies that receive them never yield any surplus. Then, again, in his own article he admits the Italian bee has be- come a tender lot and diUicult to rear. Now, Mr. Alley, I have not had the pleas- ure of testing any of your queens, but others that I know of have, and they didn't vary much from those I bought of a half dozen other breeders. Every queen I bought of all parties except
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