Nov. 13, 1902. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



727 



Exposition desires doing- so, which I don't think they do, 

 that they could evade the law. The only possible way it 

 could come about would lie throu|.fh a supplementary law 

 passed throujLjh Contjress. 



Dr. Mason —I am glad to hear that expression. I had 

 intended, as secretary, to notify Mr. Taylor of the actiun 

 taken yesterday by which this whole matter was put in tlie 

 hands of the K.xccutive Committee. I did not have with 

 me, at the time this matter was introduced, some things 

 which I have, but I will introduce it now. It is this : 



WiiEUEAS, Theru is to bo hold in the city of St. Louis, Mo., in 

 1904, an Exposition of the Arts and .Sciences of the World, known as 

 the Louisiana Purchase E.xposition; and 



WiiEKKAS, The said Exposition has the approval of the Unitod 

 States (iovoriinuMit to the extent of an appropriation by Congress of 

 $6,511(1.0(10 fill- the .Nation's participation therein; and 



WiiKHKAs, The city of St. Louis is expendini^ in the enterprise 

 more than i(Ul, 0(1(1, iWKi, luul tho total appropriations by the various 

 States of llie Aiuorioau f'nion, and by foreign governments, now 

 amount to over SO.dOU.OOOli; belt 



I/j'sdIi'iiI, That the National Bee-Keepers' Association, in conven- 

 tion assenibled at Denver, Colo., regards the Louisiana Purchase Ex- 

 position as an enterprise of national and international iniportanoe. 

 whi^h will he the highest possible expression of our ailvanced civiliza- 

 tion, and the grandest and greatest Exposition in the history of the 

 World's progress. 



/iemliml. That we cordially and heartily indorse the said Exposi- 

 tion, and jiledge ourselves to give it earnest support, and that the 

 Natioiuil Bee-Keepers' Associatiou desires to place itself on record as 

 in favor of holding its annual convention in St. Louis in 1W4, during 

 the progress of the World's Fair. 



Dr. Mason — I have been assured by Mr. Taylor that a 

 place to meet in will be provided for us free, and we will 

 have all the courtesies extended to us to which we are en- 

 titled. On consideration by you, I move the adoption of 

 the resolution just presented. 



R. L. Taylor — I second the motion. 



The President put the motion, which, on a vote having 

 been taken, was declared carried. 



(Continued next week.) 



i Contributed Articles. 



Anti-Foul-Brood Legislation in California. 



BY PROF. A. J. COOK. 



I HAVE an interesting letter from Hon. J. M. Hambaugh, 

 who is bee-inspector of one of our most important Cali- 

 fornia bee-counties, that of San Diego. It goes without 

 saying that Mr. Hambaugh would be alive to anything that 

 interests the bee^nspector and so would be ready for criti- 

 cism if our law is imperfect. He finds numerous imperfec- 

 tions, which tend greatly to impair his work. The work is 

 also increased. As these are matters of general interest. I 

 will comment upon the subject, as per request of Mr. Ham- 

 baugh, in the American Bee Journal. 



BOX HIVES. 



One would hardly suppose that any bees would be kept 

 in box-hives in this advanced stage of the bee-keeping 

 world. Yet it is a fact that there are many colonies in 

 Southern California housed in these out-of-date receptacles. 

 It goes without saying, that in an apiary affected with foul 

 brood, these hives are a serious menace. The Inspector can- 

 not know that the foul brood is present, and so the hive 

 must either be destroyed, bees and all, giving the doubt the 

 benefit, or else the bee-keeper must be compelled to transfer 

 the bees to a movable-comb hive. Mr. Hambaug-h suggests 

 an amendment which shall oblige the bee-keeper to transfer 

 such bees, or else submit to having all destroyed by the in- 

 spector. It seems to me this would be no hardship. If a 

 bee-keeper has foul brood in his apiary, he is most inter- 

 ested that it shall be thoroughly extirpated. This would 

 surely require none but movable-comb hives. For his own 

 good, then, as well as that of his neighboring bee-keepers, 

 he should proceed at once to transfer all bees into movable- 

 comb hives. 



Our law is also defective in that bees may be sold from 

 an apiary to other apiaries in the same or in other counties. 

 Of course, this is a serious obstacle in the way of curtailing 

 the disease. Mr. Hambaugh would make it a serious of- 



fense, subject to no mean fine, for any apiarist to sell bees 

 that are diseased. In fact, no diseased colonies should ever 

 be moved. In all such cases a certificate from the inspector 

 should tie made requisite to any such removal. Mr. Ham- 

 baugh thinks that in case an apiary has been treated for 

 foul brood, no apiarist should be allowed to sell bees from 

 such apiary until permitted to do so by a certificate from the 

 inspector. 



It is also thought desirable to give the inspector full 

 power to act in case any beekeeper offers resistance or ob- 

 structs said inspector in his duties. While the wise inspector 

 will usually u.se tact and reason that will persuade the 

 recalcitrant bee-keeper to submit to the destruction or the 

 cure of the malady, as seemi wisest, yet in case there is 

 obstruction, the law should make it easy to require submis- 

 sion. 



I wish also to call attention to the small pay that the in- 

 spector receives in California. This is disagreeable busi- 

 ness, requires hard work, and takes the inspector away from 

 home. It also often takes him from home just when his 

 services are most needed in his own business. He cannot 

 delegate this work, as he owes his appointment to the very 

 fact of his own knowledge and ability. He must give it 

 personal attention. In our State the law gives him only 

 three dollars a day, as I understand it, and he must bear 

 his own expenses. As he must of necessity keep a horse, 

 the expense account will often be no small matter. Cali- 

 fornia is surely as able as is Colorado to pay a reasonable 

 price for such service. Colorado (see American Bee Journal, 

 Sept. 25, Vol. 42, No. 39, page615i, allows four dollars per 

 day and two dollars for each half day necessarily and 

 actually employed, together with his actual and necessary 

 expenses. It strikes me that this is none too much. Yet, if 

 it is found that with the present law our supervisors are 

 able to secure the service of suitable men, it is then a ques- 

 tion whether we should pay any more. 



ORGANIZATION. 



Mr. Hambaugh asks how we can best secure desired ac- 

 tion regarding the above suggestions. Here is a case where 

 organization comes to the front and offers a great, strong, 

 helping hand. Through our Farmers' Institutes in South- 

 ern California we have organized a large number of active 

 Farmers' Clubs. These are wide-awake organizations and 

 are fully alive to the importance of suitable legislation ia 

 all such matters. Those clubs all meet once a year in a 

 delegate institute which we call the " Farmers' Clubs' In- 

 stitutf." The purpose of this meeting is to discuss all the 

 great questions which concern the farmers. The clubs of 

 each county are appointed a year beforehand to arrange 

 for this meeting. It goes, then, without saying, that the pro- 

 gram of this meeting will be one of unusual interest and im- 

 portance. The next meeting will occur December 17 to 19, 

 1902, at Santa Ana. Our county of Los Angeles is given 

 the subject of legislation. The different clubs of our county 

 are working upon the framing of desirable laws, which, if 

 approved by the institute as a whole, shall be passed on to 

 the Legislature, which will meet in January. The recom- 

 mendation of this Institute will go far toward securing the 

 passage of the enactments. It would be a rash Legislature 

 and a foolish governor who would think to antagonize so 

 large a body of farmers regarding matters which were vital 

 to their interests. 



Our club in Claremont has in preparation a fertilizer 

 law, which, owing to an incompetent governor, has failed 

 at the last two sessions of the Legislature, though it was 

 passed at both sessions. A bill is being prepared that will 

 surely meet all the exigencies of the case. We have very 

 little doubt but that it will be passed and signed by the gov- 

 ernor at the next session of the Legislature. Our present 

 governor failed of renomination largely because of his 

 obstinacy in just such cases. We have great hopes that 

 any such experience will never be repeated in our State. 



I suggest to Mr. Hambaugh that he carefully prepare 

 an amendment to our present law, or else, as in his judg- 

 ment seems best, a substitute. It seems to me very unlike 

 the present law of Colorado, referred to above. I suggest 

 also that Mr. Hambaugh come to the meeting prepared, in a 

 short, terse paper, to give the reasons for this action in such 

 a forceful way that the Institute will be convinced and give 

 the bill its full sanction. I have little doubt but that in 

 this way the new amendment may be carried. 



I also suggest that our State Association be called to 

 meet on the 16th and 17th of the same month, either at Los 

 Angeles or at Santa Ana, where the same matter may be 

 presented by Mr. Hambaugh and be discussed by all the 

 bee-keepers present, especialh' by the seven bee-inspectors, 



