. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. "Oct. 14, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE JOUEXAL. I hope to make my boy an expert some day: lie is already interested, and is delighted to assist in extracting and bottling (and I may add tasting), and being only 7 years of age he does very well. -I intend to set him np with a hive verv soon.âW. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous comtnunications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real n
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. "Oct. 14, 1915.] THE BEITISH BEE JOUEXAL. I hope to make my boy an expert some day: lie is already interested, and is delighted to assist in extracting and bottling (and I may add tasting), and being only 7 years of age he does very well. -I intend to set him np with a hive verv soon.âW. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous comtnunications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. EXPERTEXCES WITH â ISLE OF WIGHT â ⢠DISEASE. [9184] I think it was in :March when I wrote to voii last, having had a very bad attack â of the "Isle of Wight" disease the previous autumn. It broke oiat in one of my three hives at home twelve months ago. I tried several things, and as the winter came on they seemed to pull round, but when a few sharp frosts came in April I found the hive affected had died. As the days got warmer bees from the other two began crawling about, and as both stocks were weak I united them and put them in a clean hive with nearly all new frames and foundation. I put in some naphthaline balls and continually syringed the landing board with Izal. luen I tried a new queen, and in a few weeks the crawling stopped, and the stock got quite strong. When I was on my holidays at Ashford. in the Peak, I came across two bee-keepers, one with five stocks and the other with three. both had got the "Isle of Wight" disease very badly, thousands of bees were dead, and still more crawling. I found out the owners and had a chat with them about their bees. One man said he could not sleep at night for the thought of it. He had been a bee-keeper twe
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