BULLETIN 213] 



APRIL, 1913 



Ontario Department of Agriculture 



FRUIT BRANCH 



(A Revised Edition of No. 197) 



Bee Diseases in Ontario 



By MORLEY PETTIT 



Provincial Apiarist 



Much dissatisfaction with bee-keeping as a business is caused by so-called 

 " bad luck," really due to a definite bee disease which any beekeeper can learn to 

 cure. Bees are quite as liable to disease as any other live stock, and to be able to 

 treat such disease intelligently is quite necessary to success. 



A Healthy Colony. 



Bee-moths are often blamed for the ravages due to disease ; but moths never 

 destroy a healthy, normal colony, as they only feed on the deserted combs after the 

 bees are nearly all gone. Heavy winter losses can often be attributed to disease. 

 In fact, whenever a colony is not doing well the exact cause of its failure should 

 be carefully sought. 



