1873.] 



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numbers. The referee found the queen after a 

 short time in front of the stand. 



In hive • T o. 5 there were two combs of brood 

 from the" queen given them on the 15th of 

 August. In the examination fifty diseased cells 

 were found. The queeu-cell was opened, but 

 the queen had not vet laid any eggs, yet ap- 

 peared to be impregnated. 



In hive No. 4, in an unsealed cell, a dead 

 larvase was found. 



Hives No. 1 and 6 contained no foul-brood. 

 A. Lambrecht, 

 G. Masbaum. 



Voxtrup, Sept. 6th, 1872. 



[Journal of Proceedings, No. 6.] 

 Voxtrup, near Osnabruck, Sept. 24th, 1872. 

 Present — Pastor Heine, Baron v. d. Busshe-Hun- 

 nefeld. Prof. Masbaum and Prof. Hemme. There 

 were also present at this inspection of the hives 

 the following persons, who were also present at 

 the first inspection : Herr Mayor v. -Lensengen, 

 Herr Middendorf, Herr Goken, all from Osna- 

 bruck, and Herr Lambrecht. 



After the inspection of the hives, which had 

 been treated according to Herr Lambrecht's 

 method the following questions were put to the 

 committee: 



1. Did Herr Lambrecht accomplish a cure of 

 the diseased swarm by leaving the combs and 

 the great mass of diseased brood ? 



They were unanimous in answering, " No." 



2. Did Herr Lambrecht cure the foul-brood 

 by cutting away the foul matter and comb con- 

 taining unsealed honey, so far as it has been de- 

 clared infected? 



They were unanimous in answering, "Yes," 

 as to three of the four stocks, whereby it is the 

 judgment of the Commission that the disease 

 was carried to hivu No. 5 by robbers from hive 

 No. 3. The Commission would suggest to the 

 executive committee of the Central Association, 

 that these investigations should be pursued still 

 further, it being the opinion of the committee 

 that, in view of the results already arrived at, 

 further investigation would be productive of 

 beneficial results. The Commission has deter- 

 mined not to cease in its labors, but to continue 

 them in order to meet all objections 



Kleine, C. v. d. Bussche-Hunnefeld. Hemme, 

 Secretary ; Masbaum, President. 



REPORT INCLUDING T.-iE JUDGMENT 



of the Commission appointed by the Executive 

 Committee of the Central Association of the 

 Bee-keepers of Hanover, to test the reinedy of 

 A. Lambrecht to cure foul brood. 



Bees, like all created beings, are subject to 

 disease of various kinds, among, which foul- 

 brood is the most destructive. The dangerous- 

 ness of foul-brood lies in this, that the bees, the 

 hiveti, the honey, etc., all serve to spread the 

 pestilence among healthy colonics Foul-brood 

 is widely spread throughout Germany, and 



yearly accomplishes untold damages, since 

 should the disease make its appearance in one 

 stock in an apiary it will soon infect all the rest 

 and possibly destroy them 



Men of science, such as the great masters of 

 bee culture, have, to the present time, in vain 

 struggled against this disease. We would here 

 merely remark, that Pastor Dr. Dzierzon some 

 years back nearly lost his entire apiary, consist- 

 ing of some hundred stands, through this dis- 

 ease, and is still of opinion that this pestilence 

 is incurable. 



Some years ago a chemist, A. Lambrecht, of 

 Bornum, near Borssum in Braunschweig, made 

 the assertion that the corrupted food, namely, 

 soured pollen, was the cause of foul-brood. He 

 claimed also to have discovered remedies for 

 curing the disease. Thereupon the Bee-keepers 

 Association of Braunschweig, in 1869, gave Herr 

 Lambrecht a healthy swarm of bees, with the 

 request that he should first introduce foul-brood 

 into the colony, and then through his remedies 

 remove it, all of which Herr Lambrecht declared 

 himself able to do. In the judgment of this 

 Commission in Braunschweig, he solved both 

 the questions. 



Thereupon, doubts were raised in certain bee 

 journals, declaring that the result arrived at was 

 not satisfactory to the Braunschweig Commis- 

 sion. 



At the meeting of the Directors of the Bee 

 Association of Hanover, May 7, 1870, the propo- 

 sition was made to give this sj stern of Herr 

 Lambrecht another trial. It was agreed to, and 

 the undersigned were appointed a Commission 

 with full power to take all proper steps for the 

 accomplishment of their purposes. The Com- 

 mission purchased from various portions of the 

 country swarms infected with foul-brood, and 

 had them brought to Voxtrup, near Osnabruck. 

 On the 24th of July, 1872, they met Herr Lam- 

 brecht at this place, and at once examined the 

 hives to see whether they were affected with 

 the destructive and contagious foul-brood. Five 

 of the eight hives were declared to be in the 

 first ranks as regards this pest, and were given 

 over to Herr Lambrecht to cure. 



While the Commission does not desire to 

 enter again into all the details, still they think 

 it best to extract the following from their 

 journals: 



1. A healthy, virgin swarm, stock No. 3, had 

 become diseased with foul- brood through the 

 introduction of empty combs, which had form- 

 erly been in a hive that had been destroyed by 

 foul- brood. 



2. A piece of brood-comb two inches square, 

 taken from swarm No. 4, introduced foul- brood 

 into a healthy stock, all of which shows that 

 the hives upon which they were to experiment 

 had the true, contagious foul-brood. • 



It should here be remarked that of the mem- 

 bers of the Commission, Prof. Masbaum was 



