El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-14

Hen Price walters, IN 1907, in
w troduced a foul brood" bill in
W the New Mexico legislature the
paper fokers. aided and allotted by in
fluences in the legislature laughed him
QUE Of court and the bill died. h
writer has served continuously since
the introduction of the Walters Dill,
but was never able until 1912. after a
political u~pheaval, to secure the pass
age of any law looking to the pro-
lection of the bee keeper
During the interim above mentioned
the greater part Of the a Juan coun-
" bee men went out Of business
through the Introduction of foul
brood from Colorado, they having no
recourse The Pecos valley bee men,
having organized an association,
without any law and SUI
fered very little from this pest OF the
bee keeper. They are still suffering
from lack of the tree spraying regu-
laCiOn provided in the house Dill
aborted by the state senate wnlGn,
oddly enough, contained two OF the
very best doctors in the state
The foul brood law is based upon
the principle Of the general good
recognized in the passage OF the avs
creating the cattle and sheep sanitary
boards-and those laws were once
scoffed lust as bee legislation IS now
regarded. The expenses incident 10
the enforcement of all our protective
laws are paid BY assessments against
the property protected by the law.
AS a cOnSELNdLOL VI ~ pAO1LCNS
the farm. the honey bee has no equal
What ne stores would, oInerWlse. De
pure waste The principal item Oh e1-
DenSe attached to his keeping IS IN the
initial OUTLAY for his house and appur-
tenances. The present market Value
of good strong colonies OF bees, n
Gliding the hive. is $3.50 By eSJaD-
iishing in a good locality and care
fuuv outstanding. this lnlLlaA cOlOHS
can be increased IN a season SVV "
more percent=that IS from a one COZ
ony beginning on March lsC me pee
keeper, If he Is skllful IN hanuIlns,
NAV at the end of the season have
honey produced. With good strong
r~oIouies- where there is abundance OF
toward SURROUNDINGS, the money |
will run from so to 12O pounds per
colony, this depending on the strehgIn
of the Individual colony or swarm
S0o0 bee colony putting up nearly
twice as much as one OF SOO0-
The greatest benefit of the money
bee. and one which is Just Deglnlng
to soak in on the average fruit grower.
IS his economic value as a leruAI@sI u
blossoms. ,-
belts in New Mexico are in the RecoS'
Juan and Rio Grande Valleys pc
cause of the adaptab1lLy OF InoSS
lions to fruit and alfalfa culture; DEM
Ing and several places IN SocorIo
county are equal promising iOcdI-
ties for bee culture Thomas (ooI5y,
of ackSOu. SOcOrrO county,, IS naNlHS
success so far as production IS CON
in his negotiations with the bees /
turing the extracting period It may
be explained here thac he robbed ms
bees on a damp day when tney cOuld
NOT work and when a bee can't work
1e is cranky. But, anyhow. he got the
honey and thai is the ultimate object
Of the man who keeps bees
During the New Mexico STATE Ialr
L is proposed to organize a State Bee
Keepers association. This viii mean
the real beginning of h bee industry
In New Mexico. for the the adveTtis-
Of the products can be carried on
u an organized manner. Each new