. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 224 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 20, PETROLEUM FOR " ISLE OF WIGHT " DISEASE. We have received the following from one of our readers. Perhaps some bee-keeper may like to treat diseased bees with petro- leum. We shall be pleased to hear and report results. " Being in conversation with the medical officer for this district on the subject of bacteria and bacterial com- plaints, I happened to point out that the disease which has practically cleared our and other counties of bees is somewhat similar to cholera. He told m
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 224 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 20, PETROLEUM FOR " ISLE OF WIGHT " DISEASE. We have received the following from one of our readers. Perhaps some bee-keeper may like to treat diseased bees with petro- leum. We shall be pleased to hear and report results. " Being in conversation with the medical officer for this district on the subject of bacteria and bacterial com- plaints, I happened to point out that the disease which has practically cleared our and other counties of bees is somewhat similar to cholera. He told me that the best thing in the world for killing the cholera microbe is petroleum. What he advised me to do was to put a tablespoonful of pure petroleum in a pound of syrup, and either spray or feed the bees with it, to get them to take it internally. He pointed out that petroleum is not only a germicide of great merit, it is~also a ; BOYS AND BEES. Some idea of the sufferings of Sander- stead bees was given in the Croydon County Police Court, when Hy. Adams, of Tilford, Heathhurst Road, was summoned for assaulting a small boy named Richard Kenneth Townley, of Mayfield Road. Complainant's father said that on June 18th, on getting home, he found his boy's face was red and slightly swollen. He called on defendant, who admitted having struck the boy, saying he had seen him throwing stones at his beehives, and intended putting a stop to it. Defendant refused to apologise; hence the proceedings. Young Townley denied that he had ever thrown at the beehives. He saw a little rabbit, and picking up a tiny stone threw it just in front of it. Chief-Inspector Lovie said boys had done no end of damage to the defendant's pro- perty. The Special Constabulary were doing their best to protect it. Defendant complained of the war declared upon his bees by gangs of boys. In mid- \vinter they had tipped over the hives and thrown the covers into the fields. Some valuable stocks of bees h
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