. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 118 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, June. FRICTIOX OF THE FACTIONS. Hook, Hampshire, England, April 18. 1905. American Bee-Keeper: In your number for March you print a .short article headed "Factions in tlie Craft," which 1 hope you will i)ardon my saying- gives a misleading view of the position of affairs over here with regard to foul brood legislation. The bee-keeping industi-y both in England and Ireland is a minor one, and outside a very small number of persons there is no practical interest taken in It; therefore it is futile to attempt to
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 118 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER, June. FRICTIOX OF THE FACTIONS. Hook, Hampshire, England, April 18. 1905. American Bee-Keeper: In your number for March you print a .short article headed "Factions in tlie Craft," which 1 hope you will i)ardon my saying- gives a misleading view of the position of affairs over here with regard to foul brood legislation. The bee-keeping industi-y both in England and Ireland is a minor one, and outside a very small number of persons there is no practical interest taken in It; therefore it is futile to attempt to obtain legislation except through the aid of the (Government De- partments concerned with Agricultur- al Industries. In p]ngland we have the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries with Avhom the British Bee-Keepers Asvsociation are working in thorough accord: in Ireland there is the Depart- ment of Agriculture and Technical Instruction; but. unfortunately the Irish Bee-Keepers Association, a^s evi- denced by their own .iournal, are utter- ly at variance with their Department. Now you say, "Ireland" desires cordial co-operation (for Ireland please reatl "Irish Bee Journal") but what co- operation is possible between onr so- ciety whose policy is to work in harmony with the governing bodies in the country, and the Irish society, split up as it is by internal quarrels and whose policy towaixls their depart- ment is one of won-y. bluster and whine? Each society has ample scope for its energies in its own country and can. without detriment, work inde- pendently toward^s the same end, 1. e., pressing upon the government depart- ments concerned, the need of legisla- tion to check the spread of foul brood. The "Bill" put forward by fhe Bee-Keepers' As,sociation contains no word to exclude Ii-eland, and, if passed in its pi'esent form, would give the Irish bee-keepers the same provi-sions as his Scotch or English brother bee keeper. The April ninuber of the Ir
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