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troduced without any danger of infection with foulbrood, even if 

 the queen came from an infected hive, if precaution is taken. 

 Transfer the queen into a new cage provided with sufficient healthy 

 food. Destroy the cage in which the queen came, together with 

 the food and the bees it contains, by burning. The queen itself will 

 never transmit foulbrood, it is done by the bees which are sent 

 with her and the food in the cage. 



Bee keepers ought to be very careful in using old hives with 

 comb, from which the bees have died, or in buying second-hand 

 supplies from infected apiaries, as often foulbrood is spread in 

 this way. 



SYMPTOMS OF FOULBROOD. 



(1) Brood in combs badly scattered, many empty cells, 

 cappings dark and sunken, some with holes in cappings, part 

 of brood hatching while others are dead. The dead larvae 



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Figure 1. Oomb badly affected with Foulbrood. By courtesy of N. E. France, In- 

 spector of Apiaries, Wisconsin. 



of a dark brown color, or blackish according to age. The 

 lightest colored will, upon inserting a toothpick, draw out much 

 like rubber or glue and at that stage has the most odor, much like 

 stale glue when warm. 



