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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



May 24, 1906 



25 more queens at $io each. This offer is open to anyone who 

 can supply queens of the kind Mr. F. says he has. 



I will not take the statement made by Mr. F. as he makes it. 

 We all know that only a few of the combs in the middle of 

 the brood-chamber are filled solid with brood, while the 

 combs on either side of the brood-nest are never full. 



I do not appear in defense of my methods of queen- 

 rearing. They do not need it. Those methods have been 

 employed over so years, and have stood the test well, and 

 thousands of bee-keepers have made them a success. 



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Conducted by Morley Pettit, Villa Nova, Ont. 



Ontario's Foul Brood Law 



It will be seen by the enclosed " Bill " that the in- 

 spection of apiaries is given entirely into the hands of the 

 Minister of Agriculture. This does away with the see-saw 

 work we have had so much of for years, and is, I think, a 

 good move. Formerly, the President of the Ontario Bee- 

 Keepers' Association was supposed to direct the inspector, 

 but had no control over his pay, which came from the De- 

 partment. It was the sense of the last convention that 

 more inspectors were needed, and now the Minister, who 

 keeps in close touch with the bee-keepers, will appoint, 

 direct and pay what are needed. Note that Section 4 pro- 

 vides for transfer of box-hive colonies. 



The following is a copy of the Act referred to above : 



BILL 



An Act for the Suppression of Foul Brood Among Bees. 



His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative 

 Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : 



1. This Act may be known as " The Foul Brootl Act." 



u " »T^ e Lieutenant -Governor, in Council upon the recommendation 

 of the Minister of Agriculture, may from time to time appoint one of 

 more Inspectors of Apiaries to enforce this Act, and the Inspector shall 

 if so required, produce the certificate of his appointment on entering 

 upon any premises in the discharge of his duties. And the Minister 

 shall instruct and control each Inspector in the carrying out of the 

 provisions of this Act. The remuneration to be paid to any Inspector 

 under this Act shall be determined by order of the Lieutenant-Gover- 

 nor m Council. 



3. The Inspector shall, whenever so directed by the Minister of 

 Agriculture, visit without unnecessary delay any locality in the Prov- 

 1D ^ ?f Ontario, and there examine any apiary or apiaries to which the 

 said Minister may direct him, and ascertain whether or not the disease 

 known as "foul brood" exists in such apiary or apiaries, and wherever 

 the said Inspector is satisfied of the existence of foul brood in its viru- 

 lent or malignant type, it shall be the duty of the Inspector to order 

 all colonies so affected, together with the hives occupied by them, 

 and the contents of such hives, and all tainted appurtenances that can 

 not be disinfected, to be immediately destroyed by fire under the per- 

 sonal direction and superintendence of the said Inspector ; but where 

 the Inspector, who shall be the sole judge thereof, is satisfied that the 

 disease exists, but only in milder types and in its incipient stages, and 

 is being or may be treated successfully, and the Inspector has reason 

 to believe that it may be entirely cured, then the Inspector may, in his 

 discretion, omit to destroy, or order the destruction, of the colonies 

 and hives in which the disease exists. 53 V., c. 66, s. 3. 



4. The Inspector shall have full power, in his discretion, to order 

 any owner or possessor of bees dwelling in box-hives, in apiaries where 

 the disease exists (being mere boxes without frames), to transfer such 

 bees to movable-frame hives within a specified time, and in default of 

 such transfer, the Inspector may destroy, or order the destruction of 

 such box-hives and the bees dwelling therein. 53 V., o. 66, s. 4. 



5. Any owner or possesor of diseased colonies of bees, or of any 

 infested appliances for bee-keeping, who knowingly sells or barters or 

 gives away such diseased colonies or infected appliances, shall on con- 

 viction thereof, before any Justice of the Peace, be liable to a fine of 

 not less than $50, or more than $400, or to imprisonment for any term 

 not exceeding two months. 53 V., c. 66, s. 5. 



6. Any person whose bees have been destroyed or treated for foul 

 brood, who sells or offers for sale any bees, hives or appurtenances of 

 any kind, after such destruction or treatment, and before being au- 

 thorized by the Inspector so to do, or who exposes in his bee-yard or 

 elsewhere, any infected comb, honey, or other infected thing, or con- 

 ceals the fact that said disease exists among his bees, shall, on con- 

 viction before a Justice of the Peace, be liable to a fine of not less than 

 $20, and not more than §50, or to imprisonment for a term not exceed- 

 ng two months, and not less than one month. 53 V., c. 66, s. 6. 



7. Any owner or possessor or bees who refuses to allow the In- 

 spector to freely examine said bees, or the premises in which they are 

 kept, or who refuses to destroy the infected bees and appurtenances, 

 or to permit them to be destroyed when so directed by the Inspector, 

 may, on the complaint of the Inspector, be summoned before a Justice- 

 of the Peace, and, on conviction, shall be liable to a fine of not less 

 than $25, and not more than $50, for the first offence, and not less than 

 $50, and not more than $100, for the second and any subsequent 

 offence, and the said Justice of the Peace shall make an order directing 

 the said owner and possessor forthwith to carry out the directions of 

 the Inspector. 53 V., c. 66, s. 7. 



8. Where an owner or possessor of bees disobeys the directions of 

 the said Inspector, or offers resistance to, or obstructs the said In- 

 spector, a Justice of the Peace may, upon the complaint of the 6aid 

 Inspector, cause a sufficient number of special constables to be sworn 

 in, and such special constables shall, under the directions of the In- 

 spector, proceed to the premises of such owner or possessor and assist 

 the Inspector to seize all the diseased colonies and infected appurte- 

 nances and burn them forthwith, and if necessary the said Inspector 

 or constables may arrest the said owner or possessor and bring him 

 before a Justice of the Peace to be dealt with according to the pro- 

 visions of the preceding section of this Act. 53 V., c. 66, s. 8. 



9. Before proceeding against any person before a Justice of the 

 Peace, the said Inspector shall read over to such person the provisions 

 of this Act, or shall causea copy thereof to be delivered to such person. 

 53 V., c. 66, s. 9. 



10. Every bee-keeper or other person who is aware of the existence 

 of foul brood, either in his own apiary or elsewhere, shall immediately 

 notify the Minister of the existence of such disease, and in default of 

 so doing shall, on summary conviction before a Justice of the Peace, 

 be liable to a fine of $5 and costs. 53 V., c. 66, s. 10. 



11. Each Inspector shall report to the Minister as to the inspection 

 of any apiary in such form and manner as the Minister may direct, 

 and all reports shall be filed in the Department of Agriculture, and 

 shall be made public as the Minister may direct, or upon order of the 

 Legislative Assembly. 



12. Chapter 283 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1S97, entitled. 

 An Act for the Suppression of Foul Brood Among Bees is repealed. 



Giving 1 Cellared Bees a Winter Flight 



Mr. Pettit : — The last time I saw you we were talking 

 on putting bees from the cellar on the summer stands on a 

 warm day for a cleansing flight during the winter time, 

 which I did about the middle of February. Up till the time 

 we put our colonies out for a flight they seemed particularly 

 restless. The fault was, undoubtedly, in the temperature 

 being too warm for them in the cellar, and it was impos- 

 sible to lower it on account of the warm winter. When we 

 took the bees from the cellar in February none had spotted 

 their hives. We left them out for only one day, and then 

 returned them to the cellar, where they remained in about 

 the same restless condition up till April 1, and then none 

 had spotted their hives. As soon as they quited down I ex- 

 amined them, and, quite to my surprise, they had come 

 through the winter in good, average condition, with the 

 loss of one colony. They had just commenced brood-rearing. 



I never had a larger consumption of stores. I gave 

 them more honey per colony last season than ever before, 

 and so'me would have died from starvation had I not sup- 

 plied them. Now, would that not indicate that if they had 

 consumed so much honey through the winter without the 

 flight, they would have contracted dysentery and brood- 

 rearing? I don't think it would do any good to give them 

 a winter flight unless they were particularly uneasy in the 

 cellar, and then get them back into the cellar again as soon 

 as they cluster well. It might be a damage to allow them a 

 second day's flight, for the first would give them a chance 

 to clean up, and that is all they need ; while the second day 

 would be a tax on their vitality, and would cause brood- 

 rearing, etc. Chas. E. Arnold. 



Bealton, Ont., May 10. 



Prospects Good So Far 



I had S colonies in the spring of 1905, and in the fall 10, 

 but I doubled back to 7, with which I began the winter. I 

 lost one in winter, as it was short of stores. The remaining 

 6 are in good condition. Prospects are good so far. 



Wroxeter, Ont., Mayl. J. Brbthaukr. 



Handy Tool-Holder.— We find we are short of the 

 part of this Tool-Holder which has on it the cogs or ratchet 

 by which the blade is raised or lowered when grinding. We 

 need to have some castings made of that part. If any one 

 of our readers who have one of these Tool-Holders will 

 kindly write us, so we can learn who has one of them, we 

 will consider it a very great favor. Address the office of 

 the American Bee Journal. 



