Report of Apiary Inspector. 



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ticed, resembling somewhat the odor from an old glue pot. In lifting the 

 combs from the brood nest, it will be found that a large per cent, of the 

 imhatched young bees are dead in the cells. Those that have been seal- 

 ed over will have the cappings sunken and perforated, causing the 

 comb to have a ragged appearance. The dead larvae, if punctured with 



Foul Brood. 



a tooth pick, will draw out a ropy thread like melted glue or rubber, 

 This dead larvae finally dries up into a tightly adhering scale, which 

 sticks to the lower cell wall so tenaciously that the bees are unable to 

 remove it. 



