Show bee inspectors report editor CLIPPERS A report of my work as bee inspector may be of interns to many of the readers of your valuable paper I 1 have found the bees in all shapes and conditions imaginable and havo have COMO come to the ills conclusion that it if there is any one thing which aich most people will neglect it is tile the bees bee people whose houses barns yards and farms farma are kept neat and trim leave their bees lit in a sad plight old soap boxes pieces of board put together lo ili any shop shape pate patented aled hives of every kind and description are made use of some have lids that have been slowly turning their edges up toward the sun for years until they present the appears aPPear nce eneo of an inverted rainbow minus the coloring cracks ranging in width all the way from an eighth of an inch to one that would admit a long tailed rat bitout squeezing are thus mad the mice have made good uso use of such hives during the past winter in many instances killing the bees entirely there are fow noble exceptions to the rule these keep their bees in juet jaet as peat neat shape as some persons keep their houses yards yard i and barn of the larger apa spa iries bro GOO A Lincol ns hives are in the best condition and his bees are freest from disease bro Lincol Lin colas ns bees are a credit to him bro newton tuttle has an apa ry about the same sim as bro lincoln Lin colas and while hia bla hives are not in quite fo co good condition nor his bees quite FO free from dia disease ease yet he leads all others in seeing that tho the bees build the combs straight la in the frames this making it easy to exin examine itne them much credit is due BIC tuttle also tor for freeing his beed of 0 foul brood A few years ao ago his bis bees beeg were all diseased and now I 1 find but one colony that hat lad had foul foal brood and one that had died c ct this disease during the past litter the foul brood gives every evidence of being contagious contagions conta gions giong lu in most places where bees had died of this disease daring the past winter and the hives were lell left open for other bees to enter at will and carry off the hone I 1 found the disease developing ve among tile the bees in the near neighborhood I 1 found no trace of foul brood in the neighborhood of waights Ban garters ps and Mab SI abeya eyd none in the extreme southern part of sout bountiful V norbet nor jot any at bro Ilo howards wards on the bench the disease was bad on parts of south and ald R T eat cst bountiful and in central and eastern part of east bountiful the let that bro lincous Linc oua is ia in the he center of the dise diseased ascol district and perfectly free from disease di seap argues well for the receipt he uses use bad and which v asas as recently published la in the CLIPPER I 1 have been treated with the ilia greatest courtesy lu most iu stances yet mere is A 4 woLder tul fut dlf difference freace ita ia people with choute one ODO must tze tie general feeling was expressed by one lady who after I 1 had examined her beep asked what the charges were arid and on be bequir told the county court wits was to pay mp me I 1 fly rf d good I 1 you may oghig at a chatain place placeit ili the bee luE alighted from lis his buggy tied hla hia horse and with vail on oa slid and hatchet and large knife in hand lie he walked up to the house with sn an air that showed ho he meant arid and WEB it in somewhat of a lurry the lady of the ILO house ws standing on the front porch walting waiting to fee eee what was wanted good day madam do you kep any bc bees es F said tho the in inspector specter as though he had bad it a perfect to attend to them yes sir but I 1 dont doat think we earn care to have anything done to them today wes was the prompt reply tle inspector was wag immediately medial ply seized etith ith a hacking cough fits face flourished and burnt and he be finally collected himself enough to lay eay well wel madam I 1 am the county bee inspector and I 1 suppose ill have to examine your bees whether you want anything done to them or not the blushing countenance was at one to abo lady ns s the elie said I 1 ivell they are just out their pointing in the dirt ution uld turning into the noue e at another anetter place pace tho the ln in antor hid had pact lie its lidy of 0 the house housa and had been treated courteously ou on axam ining her bees had bad found them quite badly diseati of foul broo arld and proceeded proceed eil to ti cut it out at this jure ture her ton lou who was a little lame appeared on the s been he stcl ped about with willi an air of importance seemed to lo think that a lou hey inspector must bo sort ofa of a crank and while lip hr a desire deare not to ft near the bees he tod lod his hia mother that he did not bel believe bellevo lIvO thil thi Ns na any ally such tiling is as foul breed the lusie etor hshi did you lver eee any foul foal no anti and you cant wake mahe me believe there ia 19 any such suca thin 1 was the young mans answer it was gas fad eaid in a sneering sert c ct I 1 way as naif if the sl breaker eaker desired to appear cs as a of great learning you yon will a kind enough enouch to put on sort of a still and becire ont acre I 1 will convince atu a in bout IV two 0 marintes and a half that there ld it foul brood iu in your beup beep sold tile the inspector its an le he bearn to put dill on lis ettal 1 I an nut not out thiro to be stung well wel jact step around babina the hou house S e and ill bring a piece rf ct tile the broomf to jou vou As aa the inspector InE approached with a piece apiece ot of the brood la in his hand the young mau man of surpassing intelligence said well what causes the foul foal brood 1 I dont pretend to know what causes it bit I 1 know what will destroy it and it Is my business to sw ste that it la Is done was the ilia reply well but bat I 1 want to know ahat hat couse the foul brood im like the old man used id to be im ila always trying to dig deeper and ond find out something I 1 dont know this remark was made as though the man had a particular desire to follow in tho the foot of me his father and learn the hidden mysteries of 0 the forth after exposing the black jelly like subs substance that was beonda all qUeSt question iOD the remains of the brood that died aled in the tha coll cell and after tho the young man acknowledging that the ilia brood was foul fou any way the inspector seid 1 I am pleased to meet with a person that is it filled with a desire to gain knowledge and from all appearances you need iccil to cultivate that desire there the ilia con tro ended and the inspector soon eoon found himself on his bis way homo home from south bountiful I 1 have examined in tie the bountiful est E st west nod and south wa C 7 colonia colo nim 8 of which 32 3 had bad foul brood I 1 found also 42 old hives hires the bees of which bad died of foul brood luring during the past winter the fact that the owners of but two of if the latter had bad been careful enough to geo that they were shut up tightly Is somewhat discouraging as tho the disease is likely to develop to la many col colonies onles this summer J P r TERRI bee inspector lasp |