. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .<t»« ESTABLISHED ^/^ IN 1861. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 29, 1881. No. 26. $ te^MGAft^grfay Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor ano Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION t WEEKLY—(53 numbers) & a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY"— The first and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The first number of each month, at 50 ceuts a year, in advanc
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. .<t»« ESTABLISHED ^/^ IN 1861. DEVOTED TO SCIENTIFIC BEE-CULTURE AND THE PRODUCTION AND SALE OF PURE HONEY. VOL. XVII. CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 29, 1881. No. 26. $ te^MGAft^grfay Published every Wednesday, by THOMAS G. NEWMAN, Editor ano Proprietor, 974 WEST MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILL. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION t WEEKLY—(53 numbers) & a year, in advance. Three or Six Months at the same rate. SEMI-MONTHLY"— The first and third numbers of each month, at a year, in advance. MONTHLY—The first number of each month, at 50 ceuts a year, in advance. t^~ Any person sending a Club of six is entitled to an extra copy i like the club) which may be sentto any address desired. Sample copies furnished free. SW~ Itemit by money-order, registered letter, ex- press or bank draft on Chicago or New York, payable to our order. Such only arc at our risk. Checks on local banks cost us 2"> cents for collecting. Free of postage in the United States or Canada. Postage to Enrope SO cents Entered at Chicago post office as second class matter. For the American Bee Journal. The Cause of Bee Dysentery. C. J. ROBINSON. The length of time (luring which bees can bear confinement without incon- venience, depends greatly on circum- stances. They may endure it 4 months or more, wholly uninjured, or they may be ruinously affected, if shut in only a few days—according to the nature of the food and the amount consumed, the dry or damp state of the air they re- spire, or the degree of cold to which they are exposed. When they are kept quiet in a uniformly moderate tempera- ture, the consumption of food and con- sequent accumulation of excrement will be small, and prolonged contine- will not discommode them. But when the honey they consume in the winter is thin and watery, and has remained unsealed in the cells, the consumption will be greater, the accumulation of excrement more rapid, and its reten- tion more difficult. And if
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