Arizona republican., 1899-10-27

ligent and may not be aware of TO-
brood, till their little apiary is no
only ruined but the contagion hai
spread to the hives of others.
! Foul brood is said to be not ONLY
very destructive but very hard Il
eradicate, and While many ramedie:
| are offered it seems to be pretty gen
| orally believed that the only sure
remedy is the destruction of the apiary
where the disease is known to exist
Cuba is said to be the bee keepers
| paradise so far as climate is concerned
! yet a recent writer in the American
j Bee Journal, says:
/ 1.-The disease is one that some writ
ers seem to think amounts to but lit
| tie, vet I have known over $4,000
worth of bees to dwindle out of ex-
| fstence from its ravages in Havana
province alone; and 1 still know OF
hundreds of colonies on the same road
to sure and certain death, as none so
far have escaped after contamination;
and the afflicted ones have been sold
and hauled hither and thither until the
question is with the knowing ones,
Where can I locate and be safe and
secure? Where, oh, where? The w1SeSt
bee keeper on the island of Cuba would
not dare to answer the question with
any certainty or assurance, for. ii he
did, he might get left as most of US
have. Yes, left without bees, with
only infected hives and experience as
future capital-and books (foul brood
books that tell all about how it can
be cured so easily in the hands of the
careful and studious; but then, ] have
known men of culture, educated in the
languages, graduates of our best uni
practical men fail: men who have
given the better part of their lives to
bee keeping fail. Fail when it comes
to curing foul brood, where there is
eternal sunshine and summer and big
apiaries. All have failed so far in
Cuba to cure the disease; and I con-
slider it the only great difficulty that
4 bee keeper has to contend with, or
may have to encounter.
1t is feared by The Republican cor
respondent that the amateur Zee keep
ers in this valley will through negli-
gence or ignorance be the cause of al
lowing the introduction and spread of
the disease here, as it is known to ex-
ist to some extent in localities not far
distant. The suggestion is made that
every man who owns a stand of bees
should first post himself as to what
foul brood 1S, then De ever VlglIant III
the inspection of the brood chambers
Of his hives. If foul brood should ever
become permanently located here 1t
would mean the destruction of one Of
the most important industries in the
GALLEY. Should it ever lind a foothOld
even, it might be transmitted to the
wild bees that inhabit the adjacent
trees and mountains. be thereafter
of eradication and a con-
slant menace to the apiaries of the
valley.
AS for the remedy OF prevention, it
might be we'll to call the attention of
those interested In the subject, to tho
fact that a number of the bee keepers
IF the valley last winter formulated a
aw which was passed by the Twen-
-ieth Legislature. providing for the ap-
oointment of a bee inspector. If that /
official has not been appointed it re-
mains only for the bee keepers of the I
valley to secure the appointment pro- +
-ided for. If that official has been ap- !
pointed and is not doing his duty. it is |
again up to the bee keepers who should /
prod him up bit.