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York State the trouble has caused considerable anxiety. In 

 August the writer also saw suggestions of the persistence of the 

 disease in the yards of some of these New York apiarists. 

 Speaking with them on the subject, they were sure the whole- 

 sale destruction of their bees, by thousands and tens of thou- 

 sands, had not occurred in former years. Moreover, one man, 

 who first noticed it in one of his several yards, upon riding up 

 and down the country, found the trouble in nearly every apiary, 

 large and small, where he called. The press and beekeeping 

 periodicals indicate that this or something similar is of even 

 wider scope, including Ohio and probably the far west. 



This report does not pretend to go into the circumstances, 

 methods of examination and findings of this oflfice, yet Mr. 

 Bocock's diagnoses, which represent a beginning of a much- 

 needed investigation, are presented. In some instances the 

 writer's observations are included and are so indicated. 



