THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



vantage to be able to soon get off a case 

 and get on another. With this width of 

 section the combs are unusally well at- 

 tached to the wood. The edges of the 

 combs are not narrowed and rounded 

 down as in wider sections. The surface 

 of contact is just about as great as in sec- 

 tions two inches wide; while the weight 

 of the comb is much less. When Mr. H. 

 R. Boardman was here last summer he 

 spoke of this point; and thought the re- 

 sults attained in this direction almost 

 equaled those secured by plain sections 

 and fence separators. Sections of this 

 size and weight are very salable; and 

 they may be given a trial in the old 

 style Heddon case, or with the T super, 

 without bringing in any new fi.xtures 

 whatever. 



EXTRACTED. 



A FOUL BROOD LAW FOR MICHIGAN. 



The Work that is Necessary in Order to 

 Secure its Knactment. 



As has been noticed before in these col- 

 umns, there is now before our Michigan 

 legislature a bill similar to that passed by 

 the Wisconsin legislature for the sup- 

 pression of foul brood in that State. 

 It v/as drawn up by Mr. J. M. Ran- 

 kin, of our Agricultural College, and 

 introduced by the Hon. H. J. Dud- 

 ley. By the way, Mr. Dudley is the 

 successor of the Hon. Geo. E. Hilton. 

 The bill is now in the hands of the com- 

 mittee on Ways and Means, has been 

 ordered printed, and will doubtless be re- 

 ported out to the house before these lines 

 are read. Mr. Dudley is on the Ways 

 and IMeans committee, as, also, is the 

 Hon. F. Moore, who is an old and close 

 friend of Mr. Rankin. Mr. Hilton writes 

 me that he (Hilton) is leaving no stone 

 unturned to secure the passage of the 

 bill, and that if bee-keepers of the State 



do their duty it ivill pass. There is little 

 doubt that the bill will be reported out fa- 

 vorably; but that isonly half of the battle. 

 On this point I believe that I can do no 

 better than to quote from the American 

 Bee Journal a short article recently con- 

 tributed by the Hon. J. M. Hanibaugh of 

 California. Mr. Hambaugh was once a 

 member of the Illinois legislature, and 

 evidently knows whereof he speaks. Re- 

 ferring to the fact that Illinois bee-keep- 

 ers are working to secure the enacting of 

 a foul brood law, he says: — 



I am really gratified to see our old 

 friends in "Suckerdom" taking such ag- 

 gressive and bold steps for the obtaining 

 of a foul brood law in that State. 



Mr. Stone, as you know, is an old 

 "wheelhorse," and always ready for bat- 

 tle, and many a tilt have we had in de- 

 fense of the bee-keepers' interests in the 

 days of "Auld Lang Syne." 



.\s for Mr. Dadant, every blow that he 

 administers is a "sledge-hanmier blow," 

 and now that he has appeared above 

 board in the aggressive vindication of the 

 foul brood law, we shall expect good re- 

 sults to emanate therefrom. And now, 

 fellow bee-keepers of my native State, 

 wouldn't it be a grand idea for you 

 to bring proper influences to bear 

 that would elevate Mr. Dadant to a 

 "Member of the Illinois General Assem- 

 bW?" You would have a powerful ex- 

 ponent of your rights and privileges in 

 the law-making machinery of the State. 

 With such a member ( if he is a French- 

 man ) to intrust to his keeping such a 

 measure as the foul brood law as now pro- 

 posed, you could rest assured that his 

 keen foresight would quickly map out 

 the ways and means by which to bring 

 about the necessary votes and support of 

 the Bill to enact it into law. He would 

 reason like this: 



Never can this proposed measure be 

 gotten upon the statute books without 

 the necessary number of members in both 

 branches of the legislature to ap{)rove of 

 the Bill, and the governor to sign it; and 

 in order, first, to bring this about, the 

 members must first be convinced that 

 there is some true merits in the Bill. 



Secondly, that it is really and absolute- 

 ly wanted by their constituency. 



Thirdlv, that it will utimateiy achieve 

 the ends at which it is aimed. 



.Vnd now, in order to bring this about, 

 he must bear in mind the old adage, 

 ' ' Eternal vigilance is the price of success. ' ' 



