. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 19, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 251. â ^iQ,' Legislation. Quite recently, American apiarists have started complaining about the harmful results of "unwise inspection/' and the centralisation of control authority. As an illustration, Mr. Frank C. Pellett's letter in the May issue of the American Bee Journal will be found instructive. Long before the appearance of these com- plaints, the writer had insisted on the importance of instructive inspection, on the necessity of Government encourage- ment to bee-keepers, if a real reviv
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 19, 1919. THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 251. â ^iQ,' Legislation. Quite recently, American apiarists have started complaining about the harmful results of "unwise inspection/' and the centralisation of control authority. As an illustration, Mr. Frank C. Pellett's letter in the May issue of the American Bee Journal will be found instructive. Long before the appearance of these com- plaints, the writer had insisted on the importance of instructive inspection, on the necessity of Government encourage- ment to bee-keepers, if a real revival of bee culture in this country is to be attained, and yeit of a constructive and vigorous control, aiming at excluding the unfit, who will not yield to rightful guid- ance. I have neither missed nor forgot- ten the "defensive side of legislation," a« Major Sitwell calls it. The pages of the British Bee Press for nearly three years will afford sufficient proof of this. In fact, I believe that commercial bee- keeping in this country is not worth an hour's thought, and is bound to continue as a gamble, in the absence of protective legislation. Hence it is undoubtedly a sensible duty for every progressive apiarist to istrengthen the hands of the in their endeavour to secure the State supervision of apiaries. At the same time, let us not forget the peculiar diseases, and the habits of our winged friends; neither should we ignore that if the element of compensation were to be excluded, discouragement in place of the sorely needed encouragement will follow its trail. A special form of legislation to meet the requirements of the ease is im- perative, and not a mere imitation of existing laws applying to animal diseases. As to whether the introduction of com- pensation is advisable or otherwise, it will suffice for me to say that even diseased bees, during the honey iseason, are com- mercially of some value, from the point of view of honey production, although
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