Nelson is not so good comparatively, for the production of quantities 

 of honey. 



Along the river from Nelson to Willow Point the bee area is too limited 

 to support many bees, yet enough honey can be produced to supply the 

 home requirements. 



Getting away to Harrop we find better conditions prevailing. 



Proctor is fairly provided with the right conditions for keeping bees; 

 here it was I found the first case of foul brood this season. It was im- 

 ported directly from England. The owners had been taking a holiday trip 

 to England, and returning brought a hive of bees with them. About the 

 same time they bought a hive from a local beekeeper. The diseased colony 

 survived the winter, but gradually became weaker, and at last died. The 

 hive, with the combs, were stored in an open outhouse, where the bees in 

 the neighborhood soon found them, and cleaned up the honey left in the 

 diseased combs, and at the same time carried the disease to their own hives. 

 Four hives were found to have contracted the disease, and were promptly 

 destroyed, According to the Foul Brood Act, 1911. 



Creston, where there are large areas of cleared and partially cleared 

 lands already, is sure to develop the bee keeping industry in that particular 

 district. There are quite a number of beekeepers here alrady. 



Cranbrook, being very elevated, makes the season short for honey pro- 

 duction. The beekeepers there, however, appear satisfied with their 

 location. 



At Kaslo, Lardo, and Gerrard, the area of pasturage appeared to me to 

 be somewhat limited, at least from the point of view of a large beekeeper. 

 Any beekeeper who pins his faith to willow herb, commonly called fire weed, 

 as a honey producing plant could find a good opportunity for testing his 

 belief, by trying the Slocan Valley, where large tracts of timber have been 

 burnt, and as a consequence, fire weed has sprung up in abundance. 



Continuing up the valley to Slocan City, I took the boat for New Denver, 

 Silverton and Rosebery. Mr. J. C. Harris of Silverton has a number of 

 colonies, which appeared to me to be very satisfactory, while Mrs. Brock- 

 man of Rosebery is a very' enthusiastic beekeeper, and no doubt will make 

 it a success. 



Coming back to Walhachin and Kamloops, I would not consider these 

 districts ideal for beekeeping. But getting up to Salmon Arm, a country 

 well adapted to bee culture is found, while Seymour Arm is good, and will 

 be excellent in the future. 



Going along the Canadian Pacific Railway to the Windermere district, 

 via Golden, I found the prospects for bee keeping fairly good, yet being 

 about the same altitude as Cranbrook, the season must be short. There are 

 a few beekeepers in this district who are hoping to make a success of it. 



Grand Forks will be a good bee country in future. Already there are a 

 number of beekeepers there. Greenwood would support a few colonies, 

 while Midway also might be good for a Jew. 



If we take'British Columbia as a whole, I think we shall find it is not a 

 country where unlimited numbers of colonies of bees can be kept together 

 in large apiaries, as in some parts of the United States, or Eastern Canada, 

 because often the areas available for cultivation are comparatively small, 

 and it is seldom we find very large tracts, or cultivated fields of honey- 

 producing plants such as white clover, alsike, alfalfa, etc., and it is pretty 



