. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Some Different Hive Tools. Conducted by J. L. Byer, Mt. Joy, Ontario. Confusion in Namos In a recent issue of Gleanings in Bee-Culture, Dr. Miller protests against the use of the word "'honey" as applied when giving yields of apiaries, as it is a very indefinite term when nothing is said as to whether extracted or comb is men- tioned. He also calls attention to the fact that a worse mix-up is made when the term "foul brood" is used, and nothing given to let one know which brand of the disease is meant. In connection with this last
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Some Different Hive Tools. Conducted by J. L. Byer, Mt. Joy, Ontario. Confusion in Namos In a recent issue of Gleanings in Bee-Culture, Dr. Miller protests against the use of the word "'honey" as applied when giving yields of apiaries, as it is a very indefinite term when nothing is said as to whether extracted or comb is men- tioned. He also calls attention to the fact that a worse mix-up is made when the term "foul brood" is used, and nothing given to let one know which brand of the disease is meant. In connection with this last criticism, I emphatically agree with him, and I have been a "kicker" ever since the cumbersome term "European Foul Brood" was coined. It leads and will lead to endless confusion as long as the name is used, it would yet be a good thing to change to something that will not cause so many mis- takes. Only a short time ago. so well known and practiced a writer as Mr. J. E. Crane, stated in Gleanings in Bee-Culture that he was surprised to see how differently "foul brood" act- ed in different localities, as in some locations it seemed more virul- ent than others, and spread much faster. I called his attention to the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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