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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Jan. 22, 1903. 



putrefj'in? substances. Wet bread and cold 

 cream are the substances on which it is 

 usually seen. The numerous germs which 

 are always present in the air, and so rapidly 

 decompose dead substances, belong nearly all 

 to another order ot beings. 



Briefly, the arguments presented by Dr. 

 Lambotte are these ; 



1. The bacillus uiesentericus and bacillus 

 alvei have the same shape, the same size, and 

 present the same arrangement when culti- 

 vated. 



2. Both bacilli produce (out of the matter 

 in which they live) a ropy, glue-like sub- 



3. Both have the same effect on the serum 

 of the blood, when injected in the veins of an 

 animal. This last consideration is presented 

 by Prof. Lambotte as conclusive. 



4. A "culture" of bacillus mesentericus 

 was spread over some brood to give them the 

 disease. The larv:v were killed, but after 

 three days the bees had cleaned them out, and 

 no further damage was observed. This ex- 

 perience was repeated a number of times with 

 invariably the same result. 



Prof. Lambotte then tried another plan. He 

 took a number of larv.-e, ground them, and 

 made a " culture '' with it. In this culture 

 he introduced some bacilli mesentericus--re- 

 peated the operation on the same set several 

 times, so as to get them used to that kind of 

 food. These are not the terms that he used, 

 but it is the meaning. Then he applied the 

 culture to a comb of brood. The result was, 

 that about one-fifth of the larvje were dis- 

 eased, and the remainder had been cleaned 

 out by the bees, when examined. 



Well, as Dr. Miller says sometimes, " I 

 don't know," but, .iudging by Dr. Lambotte's 

 own report, I should rather think he is wrong. 



As to this first item, I may say that the two 

 bacilli, though apparently identical, may yet 

 be different. Bacilli are very small things, 

 and only their general size and shape can be 

 ascertained under the microscope. It is very 

 much like looking at two men at a distance of 

 a quarter of a mile with our natural eyes. 

 Their general size and shape can be seen, but 

 all the details of the face, hands, etc., escape 

 our sight entirely. 



As to the second point, while the products 

 obtained are in both cases ropy, glue-like, 

 and ot about the same consistency and color, 

 they may yet not be identical. And if they 

 were it would not be impossible that two dif- 



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