APICULTURE IN BRITISH 

 COLUMBIA 



PART I. 



REPORT OF FOUL BROOD INSPECTORS 



By L. Harris, Foul Brood Inspector. 



Beginning the work of the inspection of apiaries for foul brood in 

 British Columbia, we commenced work on April 19th at Okanagan Landing. 

 The weather was ideal for the first week, but at the end of the month the 

 temperature became too low, so that we were unable to make much 

 progress. 



After examining the greater part of the bees in the Vernon district, we 

 proceeded to Hatzic where by arrangement we had agreed to meet Mr. 

 Todd to dcide as to the respective territory to be worked, either by Mr. 

 Todd or myself. 



Here again the elements were all against us, the temperature being much 

 too low for examining the hives, and after waiting nearly a week for the 

 rain to give place to more congenial weather, we were compelled to leave 

 Hatzic. 



From thence we then went together to Lytton. Here we found more 

 favourable conditions for getting to work. Mr. Todd and myself went 

 through a number of hives belonging to Mr. Alex. Lochore and Miss Rud- 

 duck, who are living 18 miles from Lytton. This district appeared to be a 

 very good one for beekeeping. 



After journeying together back to Lytton, Mr. Todd and I separated, 

 he going West, and I coming East. 



I next went to Ashcroft, where I found a number of beekeepers. At 

 first sight this district does not give a very good impression, "from a bee- 

 keeper's viewpoint," but when getting about one sees some favourable 

 spots where a limited number of beehives could be kept profitably. 



My next place to call was Spatsum, where Messrs. Wood and Campbell 

 keep a number of colonies which appear to thrive. Spences Bridge was my 

 next stopping place, where I found Mr. Moren, who had 10 or 12 very good 

 colonies. After leaving Spences Bridge I made for Nicola. Here is a 

 splendid district that would support quite a large number of bees; it has 

 all the sources of supply that the bees need early in the spring to enable 

 them to build up ready for the main honey flow, which will be white 

 clover, of which there appears to be at least more than a hundred acres 

 eolid blossoms. This district certainly does not appear to be overstocked 

 with bees. I was able to locate two hives only throughout the valley when 

 there in May. The stage connection from Nicola to Princeton, I was in- 

 formed, ran twice a week, but it proved to be only once, so that quite a 

 little time was lost in waiting at Nicola. 



My next point of interest was Keremeos. Here there were several inter- 

 ested in bee culture, but had lost their bees. They are making a new 



