Felirimry, 1914. 



American Hee Journal 



waiting until il actually appears in 

 their apiaries or even in the neighbor- 

 hood. It is far wiser to prevent the 

 disease than to try to eradicate it af- 

 ter it has come. Foul brood is not 

 easily er.idicated. For that reason the 

 old saying, "An ounce of prevention 

 is worth a pound of cure" applies most 

 excellently here. By all means lot us 

 not delay in giving this our most 

 prompt attention and support. Let us 

 decide upon the nuist effective meth- 

 od for uniting efforts with a view of 

 getting amjjle appropriations with 

 which to operate our law. 



H.\S THE WORK BEEN S.VTISFAl TORV ? 



Much of the lack of interest in the 

 foul brood inspection work, on the 

 part of beekeepers has been due to 

 doubt as to the efficacy with which 

 the work has been handled. Beekeep- 

 ers differ in their ideas as to how. 

 and by whom it should be done. And 

 while some have proclaimed the work 

 entirely satisfactory there are those 

 who believe it has been carried on in 

 too much of a desultory manner to 

 do the most good and that entirely too 

 much attention has been given to cer- 

 tain localities at the expense of 

 others that needed inspection just as 

 badly. It has even been averred that 

 ascertain amount of favoritism or par- 

 tiality toward one or two particular 

 localities has been shown. While the 

 work has been attended to with the 

 greatest vigilance in one or two chos- 

 en fields, complaints were made that 

 foul brood bees were being moved 

 from one place to another or exposed 

 in various ways in other territory. It 

 is doubtful, however, whether these 

 cases were promptly reported so that 

 proper attention could be given. 



SY.STEM.^TIC WORK NECESSARY. 



It is a difficult task to undertake 

 the foul brood inspection work over 

 so large a territory as that of the 

 State of Texas. This accounts per- 

 haps for more work being done in 

 some localities with seeming neglect 

 of others where Inspection was need- 

 ed as much or more. Just which 

 method is the wisest to follow is dif- 

 ficult to say without a thorough 

 trial. The most satisfactory results 

 for the State at large cannot be ob- 

 tained by diverting the entire atten- 

 tion to only one or two localities, ev- 

 en if the disease could be wholly 

 eradicated there. It is unfair to the 

 balance of the State. It is better to 

 check the spread of foul brood in all 

 localities alike, than to eradicate it 

 entirely in one or two, permitting it 

 to spread unhindered in others. Even 

 then, the question as to whether the 

 right kind and amount of work by 

 those in charge is done should inter- 

 est the beekeepers of our State. 



IN INITY THERE IS STRENGTH. 



It is to be hoped that there will be 

 no further delay on the part of the 

 beekeepers to a full realization of the 

 necessity of providing for bee inspec- 

 tion work in this State. When our 

 next Legislature meets, let us be pre- 

 pared for a strong, united effort to 



obtain the much needed approiiriatiou. can do their best only in a healthy 



1-et us strive to bring forth every ar- 

 gument having a bearing on this one 

 most important subject — the necessity 

 of fighting the ravages of foul brood. 

 We are dependent upon the little 

 honey-bees for a livelihood, and they 



condition. We are compellied by 

 duty to take the proper cure and prf- 

 (-uiitions to protect them from the 

 ravages of disease. Working together 

 it can be done. "In unity there is 

 strength." 



Mr. K. G. Hall, of Molina. Colo., and Hi.s Honey House. 



Thirteen hundred cases of fine comb honey were stored in this house. Mr. Hall 



operates about 700 colonies. 



Em) Western ^ Bee-I^eping 



Conducted by Wesley Foster. Boulder. Colo. 



Locations Found by Traveling 



The practice of a number of young 

 men in spending considerable time 

 traveling about over the country vis 

 iting beekeepers and working in dif- 

 ferent sections of the country is to 

 be commended. The young men who 

 have the opportunity and avail them- 

 selves of it will have a fund of in- 



formation that will be worth much 

 to them. Such an experience will 

 teach them the value of a bee loca- 

 tion where the men already there are 

 uniformly successful. This is an 

 acid test and one of the most re- 

 liable. There are probably no loca- 

 tions in the whole I'nited States 

 where a young man could not get a 

 start without crowding others too 



