. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. rry {SymfJtoricarfos racemosus) west of the Kootenays, B. C.; milkweed {Asclcf'ias); boneset (^ fcy- foliatiim). New Brunswick to Ontario ; viper's bugloss {/ickium z'ulffaye), On- tario ; buckthorn, sumac, Ontario ; but- ton-bush, S. Ontario ; blackberry, smart- weed, catnip, motherwort, hound's ton- gue (Q'wo^i'ossw^/j), Ontario; blue ver- vain. Canada with its long and warm sum- mer days and well-distributed rainfall, and abundant bloom throughout the season, beginning in April when, it may be in heat and brilliant sunshine, the snow r
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. rry {SymfJtoricarfos racemosus) west of the Kootenays, B. C.; milkweed {Asclcf'ias); boneset (^ fcy- foliatiim). New Brunswick to Ontario ; viper's bugloss {/ickium z'ulffaye), On- tario ; buckthorn, sumac, Ontario ; but- ton-bush, S. Ontario ; blackberry, smart- weed, catnip, motherwort, hound's ton- gue (Q'wo^i'ossw^/j), Ontario; blue ver- vain. Canada with its long and warm sum- mer days and well-distributed rainfall, and abundant bloom throughout the season, beginning in April when, it may be in heat and brilliant sunshine, the snow rapidly melts away and the willows burst into bloom, and continu- ing until in early September, the east and north are aglow with goldenrod and aster, is a fine country for the bee- keeper. Over a large area the season is as long or longer than in many places to the southward, July being the month for clover yield and August for the fireweed. American Foulbrood BY T. L. BYER. WHILE there is considerable dfffer- ence in opinion as to the best methods of treating European foulbrood, nearly all are quite decided that the so-called McEvoy method, or a modification of the same, is the only way of dealing with American foul- brood. In this connection it is only fair, in behalf of the late Mr McEvoy, to state that he always insisted that two shakes instead of one be given. The latter method is more often ad- vised in the United States than the former. I have at different times asked Mr. McEvoy if he did not think it as well to give but the one ^hake and run the risk of a small percentage being found diseased again, but he always emphatically answered "no," as in his experience the percentage that would show up with disease again was too large. This being the case, any one attempting to cure foulbrood, by simply taking away the brood combs and shak- ing the bees on to foundation, should not by any means call it the McEvoy plan, for if Mr. McEvoy were alive he would be the firs
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