. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 9, 1916] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 353 opened by Mr. W. E. Moss, of Hinckley, who pointed out that it was their duty as an association to help the members. The disease had been prevalent in Leicester- shire for the last three or four years, and in some cases took a very virulent form. As a county they were situated in the very heart of the country, and had by no means the worst bee flora. He hoped some scheme might be developed whereby the members who wished could have their apiaries re- plenished at a nominal cost. Mr. G. W. Judge exp
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Nov. 9, 1916] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 353 opened by Mr. W. E. Moss, of Hinckley, who pointed out that it was their duty as an association to help the members. The disease had been prevalent in Leicester- shire for the last three or four years, and in some cases took a very virulent form. As a county they were situated in the very heart of the country, and had by no means the worst bee flora. He hoped some scheme might be developed whereby the members who wished could have their apiaries re- plenished at a nominal cost. Mr. G. W. Judge explained very fully the co-operative scheme which had been established in his district in Kent. He remarked that the present conditions were very serious from the country's point of view, for bees were extremely valuable from the standpoint of fertilisation, and the keeping of bees could help very largely towards the fruit production of the countrj-. The scheme adopted by the Craj'ford and District had sur- passed their expectations. Their policy had been not to import bees from outside the county, but to breed from those stocks which had proved themselves strong enough to resist the disease. They aimed at supplying stocks at a nominal price, a desire not to make a profit out of the business being a strong factor in their scheme. Members who desired stocks sub- scribed lOs. each to provide working capital, and in return were supplied with a four-frame nuclei and a young queen in strict rotation. All the work was under- taken voluntarily, and the subscribing members took all responsibility in the event of the apiary at which the nuclei were raised becoming infected. In summing up the discussion the Chair- man said he was sure all present would agree with him that Mr. Judge had given a very clear and lucid explanation of the scheme, and he was very glad to hear that it had worked out so satisfactorily in Kent. We knew very little about the origin of the disease, and a remedy
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