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some persons years previous, but w^as not by them 

 made public. 



SEAT OF DISEASE IN THE BROOD. 



The disease attacks the young bees while in 

 embryo, and at the stage of growth denominated 

 pupa, which they attain soon after being sealed over 

 by the workers. At this juncture, and while in the 

 act of spinning their cocoons, they are suddenly 

 seized with the disease and die within their cells, and 



comb was shown to me, although it was entirely different from 

 anything I had ever seen, yet I attributed it wholly to bad man- 

 agement, not doubting but it would disappear with different treat- 

 ment. I paid no more attention to the matter till in the latter 

 part of January, 1860, at which time I was called on to examine 

 some hives of bees that had been purchased from the same party 

 that had exhibited the diseased comb to me the previous season. 

 I found that the bees of some of the hives had swarmed out ; on 

 examining the combs I found them to agree so exactly with the 

 description of " diseased brood " given by Quinby, that I no 

 longer had any doubts as to the existence of foul brood. From 

 information which I received from the East about the same time, 

 I was made aware that large numbers of diseased hives had 

 arrived and were on the way to this State. I then notified a 

 number of persons who had purchased bees of us, to beware of 

 certain bees ; not to permit any of them to be placed near their 

 stocks, as there was danger of the disease being communicated, 

 etc. A portion took warning, while others made purchases of 

 diseased stock, many of which swarmed out on the first warm 

 days of spring and were lost. In most instances they left honey, 

 which, as is always the case, was soon carried off by neighboring 

 bees. Thus many stocks previously healthy became diseased, 

 and were totallv lost. 



