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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



duly received and contents perused 

 with interest, especially the re[)ort 

 of the N. E. B. A., which I con- 

 sider of the true type and puts the 

 "National" into the shade. The 

 subject of " Foul Brood " is one of 

 marked interest, not only to you of 

 the north, but of the entire conti- 

 nent. The " Bill for the Eradica- 

 tion of the disease" is timely and 

 good, but like that of Michigan, to 

 me it does not go far enough in jus- 

 tice or equity. I would suggest to 

 attain that end, that each county 

 or state create by some means an 

 Indemnity Fund, the colonies and 

 hives condemned, appraised, then 

 destro3'ed and the party indemni- 

 fied at once, for surely, if the 

 county or state is a great gainer 

 thereby, it can aflbrd to reinstate 

 the individual through whose loss 

 the benefit is derived ! not with 

 cash as that would bring tempta- 

 tions, but with healthy bees, that 

 he still might derive pleasure and 

 profit tiierefrom. Something sim- 

 ilar has been recognized for centu- 

 ries : as in shipping, if a ship is in 

 danger of being lost, and hy jet- 

 tisoning, half the cargo is thrown 

 overboard, the other half saved 

 thereby, then the parties benefited 

 must contribute, raioWy, to the loss 

 which is known as " general aver- 

 age." The loss must be first, vol- 

 untary, second, necessary, third, 

 successful to what end. The ben- 

 efit of his neighbors ! county or 

 state? Then in all justice "if any 

 man's property be destroyed for the 

 benefit of his neighbors, they who 

 are benefited by his loss ought to 

 help make up his loss," and their 

 contributions should be in propor- 

 tion to the value of the property 

 saved to them by such sacrifice. 

 Now, by such a law among ai)ia- 

 rists, every one will court investi- 

 gation, and strive to his utmost to 

 have it stamped out and at once too, 

 as he would have then no induce- 

 ment to conceal it in the hope of 



curing it with experimentation, get 

 found out, lose his bees and then 

 be fined $50 for first offence ! 



A. J. Goodwill, M. D., 

 '■'•Live Oak Apiary^^' 



New Smyrna, Fla., Mar. 21, 

 1884. 



Ed. of Am. Apicultuuist : 

 Dear Sir, 



In your report of the Mich. State 

 Beekeepers Association held at 

 Flint, in December last, I am re- 

 ported as saying a teaspoonful of 

 salt to a pail of water for bees. 



Now what I said or meant to say 

 was a table spoon just a little more 

 than even full to a pail of water. 

 If the proportions are just what the 

 bees best like they will take about 

 one qt. of water to each dozen hives 

 per day. I use inverted Mason jars 

 on grooved boards for feeders. The 

 troughs should be boiled to remove 

 the woody taste. They must be 

 thoroughly cleansed once a day to 

 keep all nice, sweet and healthy 

 for the bees. Early in spring place 

 your feeders in some sheltered place 

 where the sun can shine on the bees 

 but when the weather gets hot a 

 wide board should be placed twenty 

 inches or so above the feed trough 

 to keep off" the noonday sun. 



If m}^ bees have plenty of good 

 stores I want no other stimulant in 

 spring. Average queens will, under 

 the above conditions, give the bees 

 all the eggs the}^ can attend to. 

 At least mine do. 



S. T. Pettit. 



Belmont, Out., Can., March 17, 

 1884. 



B OK NO TICES A ND 

 REVIEWS. 



We have just received from the 

 author, Mr. John Phin of N. Y. 

 citv, editor of the Young Scientist, 



