. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. But in view of the traditional delay which waits on any attempt to move along that particular path, 1 would urge as forcefully as I can an acceptance of the fact that legislative action is not in- dispensable. In these days it has become almost habi- tual to view matters from the point of view of the common good. The adop- tion of that point of view has settled many thorny controversies of the past. I do not think that bee-keepers are lack- ing in the new attitude. I am of opinion ⢠that bee-keepers to-day could be easily in- duced to ado


. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. But in view of the traditional delay which waits on any attempt to move along that particular path, 1 would urge as forcefully as I can an acceptance of the fact that legislative action is not in- dispensable. In these days it has become almost habi- tual to view matters from the point of view of the common good. The adop- tion of that point of view has settled many thorny controversies of the past. I do not think that bee-keepers are lack- ing in the new attitude. I am of opinion ⢠that bee-keepers to-day could be easily in- duced to adopt a suitable scheme of disease control if presented by' a body which' was free from any suspicion of officialdom, of lack of sympathy or of im- perfect knowledge of the subject. At; ideal body of this nature exists in our , and if bee-keepers throughout the country would agree to such action on its part, the would, I feel confident, give its attention to this âFjbbdk. C. Hodgson. BEAJJNG WITH BEE DISEASES. ;9609] Your correspondent (9597) has very properly emphasised the point which ⺠made in my paper read to the. â ' â'X'hat such action . should , be of legisla- tive origin is highly desirable, I readily admit. : ' .*'â 'â : â .'â â â â ' '. â â 'â â¢- .' '. i : HUE--'KEEPING" OR BEE- " ; [9610] Judging by the letters you have recently published some of your readers have been badly smitten with " Sugaritis.'' What has become of the honey their bees stored last season?-and would there have been all this " weeping, wailing arid gnashing of teeth" over lost stocks had the respective prices of honey and sugar been reversed last July? Mr. Hills (9606) is quite right. 'There is evidently something wrong with the craft," but the Government and Messrs. Paseall are in no way responsible for ttmt something, that I can see. Apparently, the excellent advice you gave last autumn T" winter store* h


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