. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 2,1908. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. â > many brother bee-keepers, 1 have been fortunate in keeping my little apiary free from the diseases' so many bee-keepers are troubled with, although foul brood is known to exist within a mile and a half from my place. In keeping foul brood .at bay I simply use naphthol beta solution in syrujj when feeding up, and place naph- thaline in hives and among the quilts, be- lieving as I do that prevention is better than cure, and in my case it has been effective so far. The past year has I,ecu a. very p
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Jan. 2,1908. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. â > many brother bee-keepers, 1 have been fortunate in keeping my little apiary free from the diseases' so many bee-keepers are troubled with, although foul brood is known to exist within a mile and a half from my place. In keeping foul brood .at bay I simply use naphthol beta solution in syrujj when feeding up, and place naph- thaline in hives and among the quilts, be- lieving as I do that prevention is better than cure, and in my case it has been effective so far. The past year has I,ecu a. very poor one for bees here through the clover harvest being so extremely short in duration. Only two of my stocks man- aged to .store any surplus for extracting. The bees, however, gathered a fair amount from the common bramble or blackberry and ivv, which is abundant about here. convey them I e in that way. The hives were duly prepared and loaded up, with entrances towards the reaa; oi tin' cart, and we started homewards. 1 bad not gone very far before a bee or two i< their appearance to see what was can their 'shake-up,' and by the time I outside the (own quite a little mob of angry bees were flying round ahoui hive- and cart. They be< ai o threal ing towards myself that I had bo get dow n and ki op at i respect fu| dwi g Fortunately there was almost no traffic. so there was little or no trouble beyond the alarm I felt as to what I should do if anybody got stung! About a mile out of the town 1 met a tramp who. becom- ing interested, stopped to look at the buzzing bees: but he didn't stop long, tor. ME. GEO. L. BAKEWELL S Al'IARY, EGGINGTON, DERBYSHIRE. There are a lot of willows and osiers, from the blossoms of which our bees gather a lot of pollen in early spring, so that we never need to give them artificial pollen. I am a constant reader of your valuable , and look eagerly for it every weekâindeed, from it and the 'Guide Book' I have acquired most of my know- ledg
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