. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 10, 1921. THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. 101. Legislation for Bee Diseases. We have had so much discussion on this subject that there appears to be a certain amount of confusion as to our position in relation to legislation, there- fore it may be well to try and make it clear. We have said in former issues that those who do not want legislation at all are opposing it under the pretence that they are only opposing the Bill in its present form. It is now over 25 years since agitation for legislation started; at that time, of course, the only
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. March 10, 1921. THE BEITISH BEE JOUENAL. 101. Legislation for Bee Diseases. We have had so much discussion on this subject that there appears to be a certain amount of confusion as to our position in relation to legislation, there- fore it may be well to try and make it clear. We have said in former issues that those who do not want legislation at all are opposing it under the pretence that they are only opposing the Bill in its present form. It is now over 25 years since agitation for legislation started; at that time, of course, the only infectious or contagious disease was Foul Brood, and the earlier Bills were formed to combat <that disease only; the probability of any other epidemic disease among bees was never taken into account or treated seriously. Now the position seems to be reversed, and many appear to be under the impres- sion that legislation is needed only, or mainly, for " ; disease. Had legislation come before 1906 we would probably have been in a similar predicament to that of the Irish bee- keepers, who, instead of having a Bee Diseases Act, have one that applies only to Foul Brood, and under its provisions the authorities are as powerless to deal with "Isle of Wight" disease as we are in England—that is one of the disadvan- tages of making too strict definitions in a Bill, or limiting its provisions. A very good example of the anomaly that may be created by an Act being too narrow is found in the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill, which is so framed that if two brothers married two sisters and lat6r one brother and the wife of the other one died, it would be legal for the other brother to marry his deceased wife's sister, but it would not be legal for the sister to marry him, as a woman may not legally marry her deceased husband's brother. We wish to avoid mistakes of that character. To get back to the point, we are not tied hard and fast to all the provisions of any p
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