1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



91 



WHERE, IF NOT IN THE " SOUTH ? " 



Ed. Abi. Bee Keeper. — Dear Sir : 

 Editor Holtmau, of the Canadian Bee 

 Journal, in the February issue says : 

 " We noticed that the Vermont State 

 Bee-Keepers are at their coming Con- 

 vention to discuss, if it is advisable in 

 view of the prevalence of bee-paraly- 

 sis in the South to purchase queens 

 from there. If those wide awake 

 Vermont bee-keepers begin to doubt 

 the wisdom of such purchases the rest 

 of us will hesitate." 



" The South," to be eure, includes 

 a vast extent of territory, but after 

 considerable travel among, and ac- 

 quaintance with Florida bee-keepers, 

 it is questionable to my mind whether 

 there exists a country more exempt 

 from the diseases of the bee than the 

 state of Florida. Having not heard 

 of a single instance where a colony 

 had succumbed to paralysis, while 

 foul broods appears to be unknown in 

 the state, according to the statement 

 of W. S. Hart, of Hawks Park, then 

 whom, I believe, no man living is bet- 

 ter informed upon matters apicultural, 

 relating to the South. 



According to the report of Foul 

 Brood Inspector McEvoy, read before 

 the Ontario Bee-Keepers' Association, 

 convened at Stratford, Jan. 22; foul 

 brood was found to exist in thirty-nine 

 apiaries, in thirteen counties ; thirty- 

 four of which, the inspector says, 

 " were very bad with foul brood." 

 While some of the Northern states 



have had a siege of this most fatal of 

 all maladies known to the bee, during 

 the past year. 



The question incidentally arises ; 

 If bee-keepers cannot feel safe in pat- 

 ronizing Florida (a portion of the 

 south) breeders, where on earth may 

 they order with greater assurance of 

 obtaining healthy stock ? 



Yours, H. E. Hill. 



Editor American Bee-Keeper, 

 Dear Sir: — I have been receiving 

 quite a number of inquiries for bees 

 queens, &c., wherein the American 

 Bee-Keeper has been mentioned. 

 They have been received not only 

 from all parts of this country, but from 

 foreign countries, which 1 think proves 

 that the Bee-Keeper gets around the 

 world and is read by many bee-keep- 

 ers. That is the kind of paper I want 

 to advertise in for it brings in good 

 returns. Yours truly, 



Chas. H. Thies. 



Steeleville, 111, 



The W. T. Falconer Man'f'g Co. 

 Gentlemen: — 1 received the hives, &c., 

 in good condition. They are perfect 

 and I am very much pleased with 

 them. Never saw anything packed so 

 nicely before. Yours truly, 



John H. Simmons. 



Ward Hill, Mass. 



New England customers will save 

 freight by purchasing their supplies 

 of W. M. Gerrish, East Nottingham, 



N. H. 



Clubbing List. 



We will send the Amrkican Bek-Keepkr with 



the— PUB. PKCE. BOTH. 



American Bee Journal, 

 American Apiculturist, 

 Bee-Keeper's Review, 

 Canadian Bee Journal, 

 Gleanings in Bee Culture, 



(81 00) $1 35 



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