DISEASES AND ENEMIES OF BEES 



but in the hands of Mr. Alexander it was a pro- 

 nounced success, and a personal examination 

 of some colonies that were treated the season 

 before failed to reveal to me any indication of 

 the presence of foul brood in any form. 



It might be said that during a good honey 

 flow a strong colony runs little chance of be- 

 coming diseased. Do all the work with a 

 diseased colony in the evening, and prevent 

 even a single bee from another colony getting 

 access to any of the diseased honey or imple- 

 ments, for one bee carrying even the minutest 

 drop of infected honey to a healthy hive can 

 spread the germs as effectively as a thousand. 



Bee Paralysis is another disease that is 

 sometimes found in warm climates, but is 

 rarely known in the North, and, as a whole 

 colony is seldom affected by it, it is not a cause 

 for alarm. 



An occasional bee with its abdomen greatly 

 distended will be found crawling along the 

 alighting-board evidently in an effort to get 

 away from the hive to die; and this is about the 



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