HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



infection is well under way, and the bacteria 

 fully at work. The color of the sticky mass 

 is like strong coffee with milk added, but since 

 these conditions prevail to a certain extent in 

 the cases of chilled and pickled brood, we 

 cannot be sure it is the real foul brood un- 

 less we test it with a toothpick or match as 

 outlined above; if it adheres to the match, 

 and can be drawn out to a distance of one- 

 half or one inch, we can then be reasonably 

 certain that we have a case of real foul brood 

 on hand. 



The progress of this disease is very rapid, 

 as all the combs of the hive are more or 

 less certain to be infected, the honey included, 

 and when the queen lays new eggs the honey 

 that is fed to the larvae will contain a lot of 

 spores, and the new larvae will in turn become 

 diseased. 



After a time the bacteria are so prevalent 

 in the hive that no brood can be reared, and 

 as the old bees die off the colony becomes so 

 weak that it becomes an easy prey to robber 



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