. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. >"^ .-/N AMERICA/^^. 4 2d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, JANUARY 9,1902, No. 2. ^ Editorial. % i I<\)iil Brood Ijiiws in l-^voi'y State slioukl l)e deinatutt'd by Itee-keepers. It is not necessary to wait until the disease lias a strong foothold. It is much better to keep the disease out than to try to eradicate it after it has bettun its work. Most commendable work has been done by the inspectors of foul brood in Canada and some of the States where foul brood had taken np a residence. Does any one doubt that it would have been economy to have been at
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. >"^ .-/N AMERICA/^^. 4 2d YEAR. CHICAGO, ILL, JANUARY 9,1902, No. 2. ^ Editorial. % i I<\)iil Brood Ijiiws in l-^voi'y State slioukl l)e deinatutt'd by Itee-keepers. It is not necessary to wait until the disease lias a strong foothold. It is much better to keep the disease out than to try to eradicate it after it has bettun its work. Most commendable work has been done by the inspectors of foul brood in Canada and some of the States where foul brood had taken np a residence. Does any one doubt that it would have been economy to have been at the same expense and labor before rather than after the estab- lishment of the disease i Iniprovenient of Stock.—In a careful consideration of this subject in Revue Inter- nationale, it is said that when we have found a queen of exceptional qualities, every care must be taken to give the queen and her projjeny the best chance possible for health and vigor, the chief care being- to see that there is never any scarcity of food in the shape of honey of good quality. In the opin- ion of the French writer sugar syrup can not replace honey, and it sugar syrup alone be consumed the eggs will be of inferior quality, and a mediocre generation of workers will result. So it is unwise economy to take away from a colony too much of its honey. Xo Set Program at bee-conventions seems to be getting to be the rule rather than the exception. Good thing. A written paper, no matter liow good, may be spoiled in the re!\ding, and in general will be enjoyed just as well when read at home in a bee-paper. But the bright thoughts that are brought out in a live discussion are the things that make it worth while to go to a bee-convention. If, however, the time is to be taken up entirely with no set program, depending upon the question-box for subjects, it is of prime im- portance that there i)e a wide-awake presiding otticer, or the discussions will sometimes run away with him, taking up much time with
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