| Show bee notes foul brood among bees has been in some places a serious difficulty to bee keepers but care and thoroughness can in most cases keep it out os or eradicate it when it appears some of our beekeepers bee keepers who have had to contend with the disease tell us that salicylic acid or phenol used according to their diree direction tion is a sure cure in spring the entrance of all hives should be contracted to suit the size of the colony and make all tight and warm over ever the bees guard all the weak colonies very carefully and co contract r L the hive room to accommodate t 3 the size of the cluster of bees take away extra combs but leave plenty of honey during cold windy days discourage their flying by shading the entrance of the hives no business can succeed in the long run which does dees not give fair profit without going wild over the reports of the immense profits realized in a few instances from keeping be esthere seems no doubt that when taken up as a regular business and intelligently pursued pui sued from year to year it wi will 11 pay a profit as large as most other callings possibly for a few years th ose already in the business and following it with energy may make a larger profit than most rural industries give but this will not continue long labor and capt ital will flow in this direction until profits are realized the modern improvements in beekeeping kee i iV including eluding the movable comb hive chiv t the M e honey extractor comb fa foundation une and the safe methods of winter ing make it a pursuit which may be indefinitely developed indeed it may be so followed that from rom its wide diffusion over our country and from the value of its products it may be truly called a great national industry the products of some kinds of labor for instance some branches ot of fruit growing are so perishable that they must be sold as soon as ready for market and as they will bear transportation but a short di distance tance the producer is put ut to a great disadvantage the prot products uddo of 0 bee keeping honey and wax m may be kept an inde indefinite AnIte time and issy be e transported to all parts of the world |
