■Nr\i!('il, 1919 



(CLEANINGS IN BEE C U T. T U R E 



The Best from Others.— Continued from Page 191. 



diseased but after two weeks' treatment the 

 disease disappeared. Tliis culture affected 

 the expulsion of the fecal accumulations, 

 and also their nature, causing them to be 

 less solid, and to be light gray in color 

 rather than yellow or brown. This colony 

 thrived during the autumn and winter, and 

 remained alive until early the next spring. 

 While the author does not consider this to 

 be an absolute cure, he believes it will re- 

 press and hold the disease in check; and by 

 somewhat varying this treatment it might, 

 perhaps, prove a cure. 



Immune Strains. — The real remedy, how- 

 ever, he says, lies in producing an immune 

 strain. Some colonies have been found that 

 show considerable immunity. Such resist- 

 ant strains have been collected and gradu- 

 ally built up into an apiary of considerable 

 size at Kilmarnock. Some of the colonies 

 bred especially for immunity were for a 

 year placed in the heart of a diseased dis- 

 trict, but remained free from the disease. 

 In raising immune strains, foreign bees were 

 used largely. Tho not disease-proof, they 

 do not succumb as easily as native strains. 

 Crossing with Dutch, Italian, American, and 

 Funics, increased the vigor and resistance. 

 The best results were obtained from foreign 

 bees, especially small-sized ones, from low 

 wet districts lacking in sunshine. This 

 work of producing immune strains is being 

 continued in the hopes of combating the dis- 

 ease by restocking disease-swept districts. 



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 colonies or bees by the pound in sea- 

 son. Prices on application. Ten - oz. screw - cap- 

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