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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Feb. 15 



BEE-KEEPING GOES WELL WITH POULTRY-RAISING. 



greater attendance at such meetings. The new 

 law, if passed, will allow for the printing of the 

 report of proceedings of inspectors' conventions 

 — a good thing in itself, but it would also be 

 good, and perhaps better, as I suggested at the 

 Monterey meeting, if the State would make pro- 

 vision for the printing of the proceedings of the 

 State Bee-keepers' Association. Such aid is al- 

 ready given the horticulturists, viticulturists, 

 mining interests, I believe, and the horse-racing 

 outfit — the latter a useless waste of the people's 

 money. 



In order to carry on the work to be placed in 

 the hands of the University pathologist, an appro- 

 priation of $2500 is asked. This sum is modest 

 compared with some appropriations that are de- 

 manded from the public treasury; but, taken in 

 connection with the salaries of the various county 

 inspectors, the amount to be paid for stamping 



out foul brood 

 will be consid- 

 erable. Yet as 

 the honey in- 

 dustry is no 

 small one in 

 this State, and 

 materially adds 

 to our prosper- 

 ity, we can well 

 afford all that 

 it costs There 

 are thousands 

 of leaks that, 

 if stopped, 

 would allow 

 beneficial en- 

 actments to be 

 made for many 

 purposes. I 

 mention this 

 for the reason 

 that I have al- 

 ways been op- 

 posed to piling 

 new laws into our statutes and making needless 

 appropriations for this, that, and the other thing, 

 to bu'den a long-suffering tax-burdened people. 

 But the bee-keepers have never asked much; they 

 now seek an intelligent means of overcoming an 

 evil that has long embarrassed them. The pro- 

 posed law is worth trying. May it be passed; 

 and should it prove ineffectual it can be changed. 

 Oakland, Cal. 



[Unfortunately we have not a copy of the pro- 

 posed amendments; but from the general article 

 above, the reader may infer something of their im- 

 poit If the section relating to the sending of 

 queen bees through the mails from other States 

 into California be stricken out, we S'e no rea- 

 son why the amendments should not receive 

 the unanimous support of all the bee-keepers. In 

 offering this suggestion, perhaps some may feel 



HIVES ON LONG BENCHES TO KEEP THE ANTS FROM BOTHERING THE BEES. 

 The legs of the benches stand in cans'filled with pine tar or carbolineum. 



