. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 543 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 4, 1919. and rules from established associations that are willibg to help us. Our thanks are due to all that supiported the exhibi- tion ,âComraunicatc Th» BdUor$ do not hold thenuelvet retponaible f*r tha opinioTU expressed hy correspondent*. No notice teill be taken of anonymous eommunications, mnd emrespondents are requested to write on on« Me of the paper only arid give their real namen md addresses, not necessarily for publication, but ma m Quarantee of good faith. Illustrations should b⬠dravm
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 543 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. Dec. 4, 1919. and rules from established associations that are willibg to help us. Our thanks are due to all that supiported the exhibi- tion ,âComraunicatc Th» BdUor$ do not hold thenuelvet retponaible f*r tha opinioTU expressed hy correspondent*. No notice teill be taken of anonymous eommunications, mnd emrespondents are requested to write on on« Me of the paper only arid give their real namen md addresses, not necessarily for publication, but ma m Quarantee of good faith. Illustrations should b⬠dravm on separate pieces of paper. We do ncl undertake to return rejected c&mmunications. Notes from Staffs. [1O048] I feel we shall be doing our- selves a great injustice if we miss this opportunity for leigislation, concerniup; " Isle of Wight " disease. Surely we have sustained quite sufficient loss to be con- vinced that bee-keepei-s will not voluntarily stamp the disease out themselves. In two seasons before, the war I lost 15 .stocks. was cleared out entirely, so packed up for a timCj but cleansed everytliing befoin- packing laway. Then I went out and had fmir years in the war and came across all sorts of methods of keeping bees, in dif- ferent parts of France and Belgium, some hives flourishing, some iwliole apiaries wiped out by the ravages of Avar. On re- turning home I felt like getting some bees, but the price was prohibitive. However, I waited till June this year; then I over- hauled my stock, and had -a bonfire of all old irames, and smashed up old hiv^ s for firewood, except one,- which \mis thoroughly soaked in very strong Izal solu- tion. Then I set to, and made hivesâ typeâ^from bacon-box wood for outside walls, land obtained a. swarm for 303., the end of first week in June, a fine lot, about 5 lbs., Italian hybrids. They sent off a swarm and a cast; then I made a nucleus, introducing an Italian queen. I am glad to say I liave wintered
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