When I was young, it was necessary to control certain diseases, such as foulbrood — either European or American foulbrood — which is a bacterial disease; once that was done, it was relatively easy, in the 1960s and 1970s, to manage bees or hives.
Quand j'étais jeune, il fallait contrôler certaines maladies comme la loque — loque européenne ou américaine — qui est une maladie bactérienne; ceci fait, c'était relativement facile, dans les années 1960-1970, de gérer des abeilles ou un rucher.