. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1915. American Hee JonrnaJj tions and laws concerning it. So each Canton has its own law, just as our States have. In the French Cantons, Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchatel, compul- sory foulbrood insurance has been es- tablished, but the cost of this ha; been much greater than in the voluntary organization of German Switzerland, amounting to about 30 centimes or (J cents per colony annually. This is due »to various causes, the main one being very probably that this was established later and that a greater amount of dis- ease was "n existence. Quite
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May, 1915. American Hee JonrnaJj tions and laws concerning it. So each Canton has its own law, just as our States have. In the French Cantons, Fribourg, Vaud, Neuchatel, compul- sory foulbrood insurance has been es- tablished, but the cost of this ha; been much greater than in the voluntary organization of German Switzerland, amounting to about 30 centimes or (J cents per colony annually. This is due »to various causes, the main one being very probably that this was established later and that a greater amount of dis- ease was "n existence. Quite a little dissatisfaction has been caused by this. Whether our own people ever con- sider it advisable to organize insur- ances against this disease, we wish to warn them against allowing it to run too long without control. The quicker measures will be taken against foul- brood, the easier it will be to eradicate. Concerted action is necessary. Laws should be passed and enforced in every State. Much has been done already, but much remains to be done a honey plant. He considers it one of the best honey plants of the State. Miscellaneous ^ News Items Watch Out for Robbers.—Use every precaution and watchfulness to prevent robbing. Do not under any circum- stances leave combs of honey out for the bees to clean up. On account of the prevalence of disease in unexpected places, it is never wise to feed honey to bees, and where disease is known to exist it is the worst of folly—Morley Pettit, Provincial Apiarist, Guelph, Ont. This is good advice for everybody to follow wherever bees are kept. the bees in the husband's absence. Thousands of apiaries, in stricken Eu- rope, must now be cared for by the women, while the men are mowed down in a senseless war. Should Be Good Location for Bees During the past year the acreage of alfalfa in Allen Co., Kan., has been raised from 2000 to 5000 acres, and more than 2500 acres to sweet clover has been planted where it was never grown before.—
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