1907. 



AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



ly 



"STATE AND TERRITORIAL fight. It is in the arena to stay and 



LAWS RELATIVE TO to win, and it will be still faithfully 



FOUL BROOD " plugging away as the champion of api- 

 arian rights and advancement long af- 



This is the title of a bulletin issued ter oblivion shall have swallowed 



in November by the Bureau of Ento- some of its sly and sophistical critics, 



mology, Department of Agriculture, (H.) 



Washington, being Bulletin No. 6i, 



reprinted from "The Laws against In- 

 jurious Insects and Foul Brood in the 

 United States." 



The laws as now in effect in the fol- 



A NEW WORK ON 

 DISEASES. 



BEE 



It appears that the government has 



lowing states are given: California, undertaken to supply an abundance 



Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Nebraska, of wholesome literature for those who 



New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Texas, are inclined to avail themselves of 



Utah, Washington and Wisconsin. the opportunity and ''post up" on 



Dr. Phillips, acting in charge of apiarian questions of the day. The 



apiculture at Washington, and who is latest acquisition to the list, issued 



doing such energetic work in behalf November 6th, by the Bureau of En- 



of bee-keeping in this official capacity, tomology, is: Technical Series, No. 



advises that copies of this bulletin will 14, entitled, "The Bacteria of the 



be sent to any person applying for it. Apiary, with Special Reference to Bee 



but that the supply is rather limited Diseases," by Dr. Gershom Franklin 



and therefore it is preferred to send White, expert in animal bacteriology, 



it only to those who have some use biochemic division. Bureau of Animal 



for it. (H.) Industry. This bulletin is for sale by 



the superintendent of documents, gov- 



"PUSH, PLUCK AND PROGRESS." ernment printing office, Washington, 



D. C. Price ten cents. All remit- 



The history of the world shows tances should be made payable to him. 



the reformer's lot to have been a Stamps, personal checks, or foreign 



hard one. The reformers have been money will not be accepted in any 



a target for the wrath of the fossils case. 



Every bee-keeper should read 

 (H.) 



ADVANCEMENT MUST COME 

 THROUGH STUDY. 



of all ages. Their work has been 

 impugned, their motives misconstrued 

 and their annihilation sought at every 

 turn by the old-school followers. Rut 

 "truth crushed to earth" don't stay 

 there, and today the world calls down 



blessings upon the names of those The articles which we have recently 



who have fought for advancement published on comb construction have 



through research and the expression aroused a deal of interest, partly, per- 



of honest thovtght of which modern haps, because they conflict with popu- 



civilization is the offspring. lar beliefs and partly because they 



The American Bee-Keeper is now suggest new lines of experiments in 



passing through this ordeal; and, practical apiculture. We have on hand 



doubtless, some of its contemporaries some other very interesting and sug- 



would like to see it burned at the gestive articles which we believe will 



stake — judging from their evident bit- be instructive to practical honey-pro- 



terness. The American Bee-Keeper, ducers and interesting to the studious 



however, is fighting the bee-keepers' amateurs. 



