.JULY 1. 191.- 



A wild spineless i:iiliis I'huikI in Texas and Mexi- 

 showing: l)oth I'luil buds and slabs. See p. 556. 



Common cactus growing wild near Laredo, Texas, 

 and also over the line in Mexico. See page 556. 



plained the details of the contract entered 

 into betAvei'ii the l>ristol and Dominion Pro- 

 ducers" Association and the Xew Zealand 

 Honej'-producers' Association and the Gov- 

 ernment regulations dealing with the export 

 of lioney. Tlie contract insures that a min- 

 imum of 100 tons and a maximum of 500 

 tons of honey be guaranteed a market for 

 a jieriod of three j'ears at a satisfactory 

 jirice. The local market will be relieved, 



and mncli better prices realized in conse- 

 ciuenee. 



Mv. A. Ireland explained what the Can- 

 terbury Association had done to help the 

 movement during the last three years, and 

 did some energetic canvassing for the co- 

 operative association. 



After the customary votes of thanks to 

 the host and hostess the party left for home. 



St. Albans, Christchurch, N. Z. 



THE DARK AND BRIGHT SIDE OF FOUL BROOD 



BY G. C, GREINER 



In recent years the subject of foul brood 

 and its treatment has been so many times 

 and so thoroughly discussed that it almost 

 seems like a wa.ste of time to say more about 

 it. The only excuse that might justify a 

 reopening of the subject is the fact that the 

 experience of passing: years brings out occa- 

 sionally new features — .something that has 

 not been spoken of before. At the same 

 time the constantly enlisting recruits in the 

 reading circles of our bee-periodicals, who 

 had not the privilege of following up these 

 discussions of former j-ears may look for 

 just such information. 



Before I had the misfortune to fall a 



victim to tliat dread disease the simple word 

 " foul brood '' sent a thrill of terror through 

 my veins. Although 1 \vas prepared for the 

 combat : liad I'oad everything our bee-maga- 

 zines had publislied for years on this sub- 

 ject ; had studied the bulletins sent out by 

 the Department of Agriculture of New 

 York; had new dean hives with the neces- 

 sary outfit on hand, and had ordered my 

 cfueens, still the uncertainty of the outcome, 

 whether foul brood could be successfully 

 eradicated or whether it meant the end of 

 my occupation as a honey-producer, was 

 anything but pleasant. But since I passed 

 through the ordeal four years ago, and since 



