The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-19
FOUL ER00n.
SALT LAKE Cry, June 18th. 80.
Editors Herald.

Editors Herald:
Much has been said about fol-
brood bees and the obstruction of in
fecled hives: much more has BEEF
said, however, than done. Messrs
Morgan, Mckay and myself, tn
former as Vice-president of the paren
association, By request OF the presi
dent OF the association, have tskel
some interest in organizing branch
associations in the various counties
also in aiding in the appointment o.
bee Inspectors. In order that q more
efectual system of eradicaIiDg thi.
great enemy to the success OF intel
lIgent bee culture and of making
this enterprise success in this terri.
tory, foul brood must be cleaned oul
ehectuAlly, or We we'll know that in.
stead of success there will be a signal
failure. 1t cannot be otherwise, rs
the disease is so widely and deeply
rooted, especially in Utah, Salt Laks,
Davis and Weber Counties. There
are various opinions as regards the
cause of this disease, but q. present
IT Is sufficient to say it Is right here in
our territory and is destroying whole
spiaries worth hundreds and thous.
ADDS OF dollars. Then our motto is,
Let US be doors IS we'll as hearers;"
less theory, more practice and to the
work.
In Davis County We found OCCASION
ally q healthy lot OF bees. others
slightly and some apiaries very badly
affected. We were pleased TO find
desire generally to destroy and make
a clean sweep of the contagion,
although at an apparent sacrifice.
Better 10 destroy part than to lose all
by delaying until the spread OF the
disease has made q clean sweep Of
itself. 1t is to be hoped that this
plan will be universally adopted.
Messrs. Morgan, Mckay and my
self consigned ten hives at East Mill
Creek to the cleansing element of
fire. We dug hole in the ground
so that if any honey, wax or other
PARTICLES should be left that it could
be covered up with the earth coming
from the hole dug. The dry hives,
wax and honey, being about 800
pounds in the lot, made q very bot
bonfire. Quite q number witnessed
the scene of five two story hives
being burned, and thought that they.
might be cleansed and saved for
future use, which we do not say is
impossible, but do think eight out OF
len cases would prove failure. Wei
have known an instance where a
hive stood empty in a cellar tRo
years, after which healthy swarm
Of bees was placed into it, and be- |
came diseased and spread the sans
through the apisry, and resulted in
entire loss of all the colonies. Some,
10 our knowledge, have tempered |
with cleansing hives and curing the
disease to the tune OF hundreds OF
dollars, and are now becoming strong
advocates Of total destruction.
In Salt Lake County, We have only
0ne bee inspector, who will not be
able for the task; therefore, let those
1l experience keep good lookout
and aid in the work, looking to toe
aw making it an ofense finabie in
$50 Tor the first and $50 for the sec
,fense OF keeping exposed foul brood
llveP, thus endangering neighboring
1ees. For the benefit Of many who
10 not understand how TO detect foul
brood, we will say that the caps OF
he cells containing foul brood, which
IRE generally in tue middle or lower
part OF the combs, and IN the center
VI the hive, in order to he kept warm
~ the nurse bee5, will be of dark
,olor and sbrunken, and sometimes
perforated with small holes. A pen
Knife or pin serves to open or unca9
he cell. Healthy bees will show
igus Of life, and are of a light caet
II color, while foul brood is black, or
ather dark. and dead in It's first
tage, and in its worst form or type it
s a macs OF black corruption, and
triugy or ropy, aud has q foul smell,
like rotten fish, becoming
o foul at times that the Clearly nab
IS of the bees cause them to tirely
.bandon the hive i disgust. Bee
,eepers discovering these appear
noes should at ones send for bee
Inspector to decide upon the matter.
Let sll be united with one accord
throughout the territory, and obtain
. victory and an abundance OF pure
loney that can be placed on the
market at such prices that it msy be
btained by the poor, and it can be
Ised for preserving and other pur-
,oses and thus save importing an
IMPURE article into our territory.
EDWARD STEVENSON.