. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 308 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. April 27,1905. alvei, is carrieii soon sliows the disease and will perisli as the colony from which the honey was carried, and in this way whole apiaries are destroyed. Now, if it were only for the bee-keeper's own apiary where foul brood exists, it would probably not be necessary for the State to inter- fere, but bees from neighboring apiaries will come to this diseased apiary and carry home the disease by robbing: in the diseased apiary, thus spreading the disease and destruction. Bees will travel as far as 6 miles in q
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 308 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. April 27,1905. alvei, is carrieii soon sliows the disease and will perisli as the colony from which the honey was carried, and in this way whole apiaries are destroyed. Now, if it were only for the bee-keeper's own apiary where foul brood exists, it would probably not be necessary for the State to inter- fere, but bees from neighboring apiaries will come to this diseased apiary and carry home the disease by robbing: in the diseased apiary, thus spreading the disease and destruction. Bees will travel as far as 6 miles in quest of honey, and it seems they have means, as experience teaches, to find a weak colony or a hive without live bees on long distances. The State Inspector is needed to examine bees, which the progres- sive bee-keeper has no authority to inspect. There is no possibility for the Missouri State Bee-Keepers' Association, or the individual bee- lieeper to preserve the bee-industry of the State from final destruction ; the State must help them. The disease exists now only in spots here and there over the State, and it can be eradicated if proper measures are taken in time. The honey industry of Missouri is not small. There are over 41 000 bee-keepers in this State, according to the United States census of' 1900, who produced in 1903 over 6,000,000 pounils of honey, ac- cording to the reports of the Missouri State Board of Agriculture. If you will permit me to appear before you to show some combs containing the larv* killed through foul brood, I will be pleased to come to .Jefferson City, and then will be able to explain more fully ihe workings of the disease, and be able to back it up by proper literature. The Apiary Bill is killed for the present by your veto, but it will be introduced again in the next Legislature, and that is the reason I take the liberty of addressing you. I also take the liberty of enclosing a copy of a letter sent by Prof. Frank Benton, of the Department of A
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