. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 302 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 30, 1914. hoping for an immune bee, or for a decrease in the destructive power of Nosema apis, so long as if does not divert their minds from more practical lines of thought. It is not the immune bee or a lessening of the virulence of Nosema apis as we know it that we require so much as to be rid of the organism altogether. Is this possible? I believe it is. AVhat do other readers of the British Bee Journal think?. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 302 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [July 30, 1914. hoping for an immune bee, or for a decrease in the destructive power of Nosema apis, so long as if does not divert their minds from more practical lines of thought. It is not the immune bee or a lessening of the virulence of Nosema apis as we know it that we require so much as to be rid of the organism altogether. Is this possible? I believe it is. AVhat do other readers of the British Bee Journal think?. The Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed by correspondents. No notice will be taken of anonymous communications, and correspondents are requested to write on one side of the paper only and, give their real names and addresses, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Illustrations should be drawn on separate pieces of paper. We do not undertake to return rejected communications. CURING "ISLE OF WIGHT" DISEASE. [9055] Be 9052, your issue July 16th, I have many times been strongly tempted to reply to various correspondents in your valued journal, but have left it to more able men, but your correspondent " Satis- fied at Last " is really too good to miss. I can fully take his statements as correct as to how his own bees may be thriving, but I think, like many more, he may find he is not all fair sailing. Most certainly he is in conflict with all the leading authorities or he is far in advance of the times with his discoveries in treat- ing Zymotic disease or Microsporidiosis— call it whatever he likes. Your editorial remark fully confirms this, and now Mr. Editor, I would like to make one or two suggestions, the results of a little experi- ence. "Isle of Wight" disease first made its appearance in this locality in 1913 by the indiscriminate purchase of swarms; the result was the owner lost the whole lot, eight hives altogether. Last year it developed in a neighbouring apiary, thre
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