. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 15, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 265. A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE BEE DISEASES. Our readers will be pleased to hear that at last the Government have made a move to assist the bee-keeping industry. It is something, after years of apathy, to have a Committee appointed. We hope it will lead to still further action, and that much good will result from the Committee's in- vestigation. There is still much to be done before the cause of " Isle of "Wight " dis- ease is definitely known. Once that is settled there should be lit
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Aug. 15, 1918. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 265. A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE BEE DISEASES. Our readers will be pleased to hear that at last the Government have made a move to assist the bee-keeping industry. It is something, after years of apathy, to have a Committee appointed. We hope it will lead to still further action, and that much good will result from the Committee's in- vestigation. There is still much to be done before the cause of " Isle of "Wight " dis- ease is definitely known. Once that is settled there should be little difficulty in finding some method of dealing with, and eradicating it. The following notice has been sent to us : â " The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have appointed a Committee to study the life habits of the honey bee with the object of improving the condi- tions under which bee-keeping is carried on in England and Wales, and to investi- gate the epidemic diseases of the bee, more especially the disease or group of diseases which pass under the name of ' Isle of Wight ' disease. " It is proposed to undertake the study of healthy bees at Cambridge, and the in- vestigations on ' Isle of Wight ' disease at Oxford. The Committee would be glad to receive specimens of bees suspected of suf- fering from ' Isle of Wight ' disease for examination and experiment. Communi- cations on this subject should be addressed to Mr. Rogers at 4, Whitehall Place, Lon- don, ; OBITUARY. G. M. DOOLITTLE. We regret to hear of the death of Mr. G. M. Doolittle, of Borodino, New York. His loss will be felt not only in the United States, but by bee-keepers the world over. Not only was he one of the foremost beekeepers, but a teacher of authority, the soundness of whose doc- trine> was undisputed, and whose writings were looked forward to with pleasurable anticipation by thousands of bee-keepers in both hemispheres. We are indebted to Gleanings in Bee Culture for the foll
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