1890 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



665 



iriith you mako oatli. Why cxcniut bees'? As 

 Aaluublc and useful as tlu^y are, tliey are cer- 

 tainly not more useful than horsc's and cattle, 

 than corn and %\heat. than a|)|)li's and grapes. 

 If l)ees are to be (exempted, why not these? I 

 will go further: If bees are to be exempted, why 

 not exempt tlie houses and barns, and all other 

 imijrovements that are the i)r<»ducts of hunuiu 

 labor? If you were to ex(nnpt tiiese last from 

 taxes, would not more and bett( r liouses be 

 built? Would not better improvenu'ufs be ))ut 

 on farms and lands? Certainly thei-e would, by 

 the same logic by which you siu)W that freedom 

 from taxation would impi'ove the bee-industry. 



Let us look at it first from a selfish point of 

 view, from that of the bee culturist. Would 

 the pi'osperity of the farmer, the merchant, or 

 numufacturer. which woukl certainly result 

 from freeing them from the burdens of taxa- 

 tion, injure the bee-man? I think not. Their 

 improved condition would enable them to pat- 

 ronize the bee-nu\n more liberally. The demand 

 foi' honey would be greater, and. of course, 

 pric(>s would be higher unless the sup])ly were 

 '/reatly increased. 



It seems to me that the bee-nuin should look 

 at this qu(>stion with a broader view than that 

 of his nuM'e ])ei-sonal interest. He should sur- 

 rend<'r the w hole q\iestion of the taxation of 

 personal projierty. if he claims exemption for 

 his own business. If he insists on the taxation 

 of |)ersonal property at all. he must be willing 

 to patriotically bear an equal share of the bur- 

 dens of taxation. W. (). Foley. 



Greensbiu'g, lud.. Aug. :.'3. 



We think you are right, friend F. Bees are 

 l)roperty, like any thing else, and we do not see 

 any reason why a bee-keeper should not bear 

 his just share of the general expenses of the 

 county and State aflfairs. And now we think it 

 is best to drop the discussion here, for there will 

 lie two sides to the question until the law set- 

 tles the matter. 



FOUL BROOD. 



AX ACT For, THE SVPI'ItESSIOX OF THE DISEASE 

 IX f AXA1).\. 



Hy this mail I send you a co])y of our foul- 

 brood pamphlet, in the form of an t>tticial gov- 

 ernment bulletin, which has just been issued 

 under the direction of our Minister of Agricul- 

 ture, and a co])y sujjijlied to every bee-keeper 

 in this i)rovince whose name and address could 

 l)e obtained. An edition of from seven b) eight 

 thousand has been printed, besides a (iei'nuin 

 edition for the use and benefit of bee-keepers 

 who can not read English. 



From this pamphlet you will see what we are 

 ■doing here in Ontario toward the supi)ression 

 and extermination of that curse of the bee-yard, 

 foul brood. In six short months after taking 

 the initiative a tour last annual nu'eting we have 

 a government "Act for the !Suppression of Foul 

 lirood amtjug Hees." which is. jierhaps. the best 

 of its kiiul in the woild. and have already got 

 in under its pi'ovisions a gi'eat deal of effective 

 work. I ti'iist our Anu'ricau brethren of the 

 bee-craft may follow our example, and earnest- 

 ly set about the eradication of foul brood from 

 their country. As there is considerable inter- 

 change of bees and honey between the two 

 countries, we are concerned in your action in 

 these iiremises. as you are in ours. 



Our foul-lirood inspectoi- has been busy in his 

 official capacity diu'ing the i)ast two months, 

 having overhauled hundreds of diseased colo- 

 jues in ilifferent sections of the prosince. and 



ai)|)lied remedial measures which are eminently 

 successful. 



While the act under which we are working 

 authoi'izes us to destroy hy fire all colonies with 

 the malignant form of the disease, and although 

 some of the apiaries dealt with \\'ere faii'ly rot- 

 ten with the ilisease. our inspector has not yet 

 found it necessary to crenuiti' a single colony. 

 We cure the worst cases and forms of the dis- 

 ease, and we wish all concerned to know it. 

 One indisputable antl clear fact is worth a large 

 numliei'of theories, rnderthese cii'cumstances 

 I may be pardoned h)r suggesting to our Amer- 

 ican friends the wisdom and piopriety of now 

 ceasing to discuss iuii)rofitable hypotheses, and 

 settling down to woi'k on this foul-brood ques- 

 tion. Foul brood can be cured, and cvu'ed every 

 time, by a simple hygienic i)rocess, and without 

 the aid of the chemist, the druggist, or the drug 

 doctor. This is a broad and radical statement, 

 but I make it deliberately and advisedly. In 

 the bulletin referred to. you will see how we do 

 It. Two methods are given there— one by D. 

 A. Jones and another by Wm. McEvoy. our in- 

 spector. Substantially they are the same, being 

 both predicated on the same principle. ^^\' 

 have faith in our works, and we wish to inspire 

 you with the same faith. "'Go thou and do 

 likewise." 



Without undue presumption I would further 

 suggest that Gleaxixgs summarize the two 

 plans of treatment of foul brood given in our 

 pamphlet, for the benefit of such of its readers 

 as mav need the information: or. what may be 

 better'still. give tlie nuittei' in full. The bulle- 

 tin, as you will see. also includes the <(ct. which 

 would also. I doubt not. he interesting and prof- 

 itable reading for them. 



Allex Pi:iX(iEE, Pres. O. B. K. A. 



Sell)y. Out.. Aug. 5. 



We have been informed that foul brood is 

 very much more prevalent in Canada than in 

 the United States, and hence an act for its sup- 

 IH'ession became almost a matter of necessity. 

 Our Canadian brethren are to be congratulated 

 for the vigorous manner in which they have 

 taken hold of the matter. The "Bulletin" 

 referred to above is before us. It is issued by 

 the Ontario Department of Agriculture, and is, 

 therefore, under the official insignia of the 

 government of Ontario. The method of cure is, 

 briefly, the starvation plan— the one, and only 

 one. in our large experience, which we practiced 

 with success; and the same has been incor- 

 porated in the last three or four editions of our 

 A B C of Bee Cidture. As it has been already 

 given three or four times in these pages, it will 

 not be necessary to repeat it again. The act 

 for the suppression of the disease, bi'iefiy stated, 

 is as follows: 



The Ontario 15ee-l<eei ers" Associiitlon shall apixiiut 

 an inspeetor and a suli-iiispertnr, \vhi)seterin of ofJice 

 .shall be for one year. Th • inspectoi- sliall visit any 

 locality in the prnviiioe of Ontario, wlienever direct- 

 ed by tlie President of the O. 15. K. A. If he finds 

 the apiary (hseased. he sliall ordei' tlie infected hives 

 and colon'ii's to be destroyed t>y fire, or be treated by 

 any method wliicli llie inspector may deem reliable 

 or sate. Any owner of diseased colnnies who sliall 

 sell diseaseii t)ees, sliall, on (•on\-ict ion. be fined not. 

 less tliaii $•'>.) nniiiioietliaii $11)0, or lie iiii))! isoiied for 

 any term not exeeedint;- two moiitlis. If any owner 

 shall refuse to allow tlie inspector to I'Xamine his 

 apiary, or should sucli owner i-efuse to destroy any 

 infected bees and apimrtenances. he shall be liable 

 to a tine of $51) for the tirst offense, and $10:) forthe 

 jjecoiid and each snlisc(iuent offense. The ( ). H. K. A. 

 '.hall include in its annual report to the Mini.ster of 



