. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American Hee Journal March, 1913. Australia under the name oi " soola ; The May disease, our "paralysis " is well known in Italy. They ascribe it to cool, moist weather in spring, and inferior honey or bad pollen. This bad pollen theory was suggested in a number of places. The .\osema apis appears seemingly as an accompany- ing feature, not necessarily a cause. The disease evidently becomes en- demic at times, as in the Isle-of-Wight case which is but a variety of the same complaint. In our trip through the country we notice
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American Hee Journal March, 1913. Australia under the name oi " soola ; The May disease, our "paralysis " is well known in Italy. They ascribe it to cool, moist weather in spring, and inferior honey or bad pollen. This bad pollen theory was suggested in a number of places. The .\osema apis appears seemingly as an accompany- ing feature, not necessarily a cause. The disease evidently becomes en- demic at times, as in the Isle-of-Wight case which is but a variety of the same complaint. In our trip through the country we noticed a peculiar feature of each town, houses built with fine front columns and portals, so that one may go from one end of a street to the other under porticoes which form a roof over the sidewalk. In a small village we saw a palace which served a a blacksmith shop. It had stone columns two feet in diameter, and a Latin in- scription five or hundred years old over the frontispiece. Some cuts of our visit to the Pirna apiary were published in Gleanings in Bee Culture for April ,1914. Through some mistake Mr. Herrod, of England, was reported to have been present. He was not with us. The next day we were at Forli. Like many other cities of Italy it dates back beyond the Christian Era. These old cities have a style all their own and are very interesting. Here we were the guests of Prof. Ettore Bovelacci, already mentioned. He has volunteered to teach beekeeping to high school children and soldiers, without charge. Many young ladies follow his teach- ings, and he has already some 200 pupils keeping bees in the modern way, with movable frame hives. His office, right by his apiary, is very pretty and ornamental, see photograph. This is located at his farm, a mile or so from the city. We found the bees everywhere ex- ceedingly gentle. This was a rainy day, but the bees allowed me to handle them without smoke and without trouble. In the city we visited a tinner, Mr. Mo
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