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TABLE 4. — INCIDENCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AMERICAN FOULBROOD IN 

 APLARIES INSPECTED IN 1943 AND 1944 



During the spring of 1943 the State Apiarist recommended 

 the use of American foulbrood-resistant bees as an approach to 

 the problem. Through cooperation with the Iowa Beekeepers' As- 

 sociation, orders were pooled under a non-profit agency of the 



