. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 492 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [October 4, 1888. East Kent.—1. QueenUss Stock.—As these have been queenless some time, we would recommend you to unite in preference to introducing a queen now. 2. Syrup.—We prefer boiling the syrup for a few minutes, because, in our opinion, it saves the bees considerable trouble in ripening it for storage. 3. H. B. K. A.—The Secretary of the Herts B. K. A. is the Rev. L. Seager, The Grange, Stevenage. M, H.—1. Feeding.—The quantity you name is about half enough of each. 2. Rusty Feeders.—This is a drawback t
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 492 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [October 4, 1888. East Kent.—1. QueenUss Stock.—As these have been queenless some time, we would recommend you to unite in preference to introducing a queen now. 2. Syrup.—We prefer boiling the syrup for a few minutes, because, in our opinion, it saves the bees considerable trouble in ripening it for storage. 3. H. B. K. A.—The Secretary of the Herts B. K. A. is the Rev. L. Seager, The Grange, Stevenage. M, H.—1. Feeding.—The quantity you name is about half enough of each. 2. Rusty Feeders.—This is a drawback to feeders made of cheap tin. There is no way that we know of to prevent it. Bees do not seem to relish it, but we cannot say if it actually injures them. 3. Sugar.—Brown brewing sugar is not suit- able for syrup, and in some seasons bees would not take it down at all. 4. Proportion of Sugar in Syrup.—We could not tell this except we made the syrup or knew to which formula it was made. J, Mighall.—Bee Parasites.—The parasites forwarded are of a species called Braula cceca, or blind louse. It principally infests queens, especially foreign ones. It is difficult to catch, being so active in its movements. According to Dr. Hess, the eggs hatch inside the insect, and the young larvae are nourished by the secretion of a gland; but when they arrive at matu- rity they are deposited on the floor-board of the hive, when they take the chrysalis form, from which they emerge at the end of fifteen days. The young lice remain on the brood until they have the opportunity of climbing on to a passing bee. Strong fumigations of tobacco dislodge them, and cleaning the floor- boards several times with a mixture of water and carbolised acid is important. They are prevalent in the southern portions of Europe, but generally in this climate they die off. We append an illustration, greatly magnified, of the insect in its developed and unde- veloped W. King. — 1. Locality
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