THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 49 



Thorough Inspection of Apiaries Advocated. 



CRITICISES THE PRESENT METHOD OF I NSPECTION.— BELIEVES 



EACH FRAME IN A HIVE SHOULD BE INSPECTED.— BELI EVES 



TREATMENT SHOULD BE GIVEN BY THE INSPECTOR. 



By WILLIAM P. FRITZ, Canastota, N. Y. 



^^Sf THIX'K our laws on the inspection of apiaries containing foul 

 /jl brood could l)e improved. Our present method of inspection 

 of apiaries is a waste of money. I think the proper way to in- 

 spect an apiary to free a locality of foul brood would be to know the 

 truth of it and no guesswork; to have all states instruct their in- 

 spectors to inspect each and every apiary, making no difference if 

 there is but one hive in a locality; that hive should be inspected so 

 as to free the country of foul l^rood. Every frame in each hive 

 should be taken out to mark the condition therein. Then in four 

 weeks' time the inspector should go the rounds again to see that 

 instructions are carried out. The inspectors here have a fat time 

 of it and the state is out the money paid them. 



If an inpsector comes to me and says 'T have foul brood," and 

 to do thus and so, and I do as I think best, knowing he onlv comes 

 around once that year, everything having disease ought to be 

 treated there and then. 



I helped Mr. , of A'entura, Cal., inspect Mr. 's 



three apiaries of 940 colonies in the month of July, 1905. He in- 

 spected every hive, taking out every frame, weak or strong alike. 

 He did this in all the apiaries inspected. He had a horse and wagon 

 with tent and cooking outfit, as he had to inspect out-apiaries, where 

 the proprietor was away. How would our eastern inspectors like 

 this ? They could not go around in fine clothes and smoke cigars ; 

 they would have to work ! That's what I want to see ! An inspec- 

 tor that is an inspector, that can get right in and inspect and earn 

 his money. ]\Iost of the trouble here is with the uninformed bee- 

 keepers ; the up-to-date fellow causes very little trouble. 



After the bees have died of foul brood, as they have in this 

 location this past year, a few of the bee-keepers are careless and 

 leave their hives and combs exposed, so that other bees will clean 

 up these hives of foul brood honey and in a short time he has the 

 trouble again when he is trying to keep clear of it. A\'hen I can 

 I buy these hives of bees, if they can be bought reasonably, to get 

 them out of the way. 



If I have an apiary of 100 to 1,000 colonies, I would ex;:ect the 

 inspector to inspect every hive with his own hands and report, as 

 that is what he is paid to do. otherwise they are getting paid for 

 what? 



