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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



procedure. Two prominent localities of in- 

 fection are known to have received foul 

 brood from bees shipped into the State from 

 Illinois and Iowa. Had we been in position 

 to take proper precaution this introduction 

 might have been avoided. For this reason 

 a revision of section 4 of the Rules and Reg- 

 ulations for controlling foul brood reads as 

 follows: "No person shall ship, barter, or 

 give away bees, honey, or appliances, from 

 any other State or country into this State, 

 nor shall any person in Texas receive such 

 unless the bees, honey, or appliances in 

 question have been thoroughly inspected, 

 before reaching the State, by a competent 

 inspector; and that this inspector has made 

 report in writing to the State Entomologist 

 of Texas, giving in detail the condition of 

 the apiary, and full assurance that the api- 

 ary is apparently free from contagious dis- 

 eases." 



DO NOT SEND SAMPLES OF DISEASED BROOD. 



Bee-keepers are cautioned not to send dis- 

 eased brood or comb through the mails for 

 identification at the office of the State En- 

 tomologist. Of course, if this were done in 

 the proper manner it might not be danger- 

 ous; but ordinarily there would be some dan- 

 ger of spreading the disease to other locali- 

 ties, and especially so should the wrapping 

 not be sufficient to keep the material from 

 spreading through the mail-bag. Packages 

 of all kinds are sent to this office, hundreds 

 a year. Many come all smashed up, some 

 having only a newspaper around them, with 

 the address and stamp on it. When they 

 arrive at the office some are as flat as a 

 piece of cardboard. 



Any one having diseases among his bees 

 is requested to write to the State Entomolo- 

 gist, in which case special provision will be 

 made for sending the specimen or for visit- 

 ing the apiary and inspecting it. We should 

 not forget that the cause of foul brood is a 

 microscopic bacterium known as Bacillus 

 alvei, and the danger of infection by care- 

 less handling is great. Any one not having 

 had experience in treating foul brood should 

 write to the State Entomoiogist for instruc- 

 tions, or apply to some experienced bee- 

 keeper in his neighborhood who has treated 

 foul brood. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS BY THE STATE 



ENTOMOLOGIST FOR OPERATING THE 



TEXAS FOUL-BROOD LAW. 



These rules and regulations will be followed 

 in the foul-brood-inspection work and the 

 treatment of the disease. 



1. If any owner of, or any person having 

 control of honey-bees in the State of Texas, 

 knows or suspects that any bees so owned 

 or controlled are affected by foul brood or 

 any other contagious bee disease, he shall 

 report said fact to the State Entomologist in 

 writing, stating the number of apiaries in- 

 volved, the number of colonies in each apia- 

 ry, and the number of colonies that are 

 known or suspected to be infected with foul 

 brood or other contagious bee disease. 



2. Any owner or person having control of 



bees, reporting infestation, shall state the 

 number of movable- frame hives in each api- 

 ary, also the number of box hives, or such 

 hives as v/ill not admit of ready examina- 

 tion. 



3. If any bees are kept in box hives, or 

 such other hives as will not admit of ready 

 examination, the owner or person in charge 

 will be notified by the State Entomologist to 

 transfer all bees in the apiary to movable- 

 frame hives, or such as will admit of as 

 ready examination as any good modern- 

 frame hive, before a specified time. If for 

 any good reason such a time is detrimental 

 to the apiaries involved, the reason should 

 be transmitted in writing to the State Ento- 

 mologist, whereupon a date more agreeable 

 to the owner or person in charge may be ar- 

 ranged for. In the default of such transfer 

 as provided for above, the case will be 

 treated according to sections 1 and 2 of the 

 Texas foul- brood law. 



4. When upon inspection an apiary is 

 found to be infested, instructions for treat- 

 ment will be given. If the owner or person 

 in charge fails to carry out such instructions, 

 the State Entomologist or his assistants will 

 give the necessary treatment at the expense 

 of the owner, as provided for in section 3 of 

 the Texas foul-brood law. Every person 

 who intends to barter, give away, or receive 

 bees, honey, or appliances, should make cer- 

 tain that no infection is carried in such 

 transactions or shipments. Where any doubt j. 

 exists, application should be made to the ■ 

 State Entomologist for inspecting the apia- " 

 ries involved. Persons violating the provi- 

 sions of this rule are deemed guilty of amis- 

 demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shsiU 



be fined in any sum not exceeding two hun- 

 dred dollars, as provided for in Section 4 of 

 the Texas foul- brood law. 





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THE BEE JOURNALS OF THE WORLD. 



With the possible exception of poultry, 

 the bee is the center of more journalism 

 than any other creature cultivated as a 

 branch of farming. This is said in refer- 

 ence to the whole world, for in this country 

 the poultry journals far exceed in number 

 those devoted to bees, while, so far as I can 

 learn, the reverse is true of Europe as a 

 whole. The great amount of bee literature 

 in France and Germany in particular is due 

 to the fact that European society is far 

 more highly organized into guilds and un- 

 ions than here, nearly every union having 

 some journalistic mouthpiece. In some in- 

 stances, if not all, the members of these or- 



