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destroyed samples of the combs have been submitted to bacteriological 

 experts, and only after their report had been received has action been 

 taken; consequently the beekeepers of the province may have every con- 

 fidence that the Inspectors will do nothing hastily. They realise that their 

 duty is to help, not to hurt. 



FIG. 19. European Foul Brood: a, j, k, normal sealed cells: b, c, d, e, g-, i, 1. 

 m, p, q, larvae affected by disease; f, h, n, o, dried-down larvae or scales. 

 Three times natural size. (U. S. Dept. Ag. Far. Bui. 442.) 



PICKLE BROOD. 



There is a diseased condition of the brood called by beekeepers "pickle 

 brood," but practically nothing is known of its cause. In some instances 

 its symptoms resemble those of Foul Brood. For instance when the larvae 

 are capped over, the cappings may be punctured, but they do not become 

 dark. On removing the perforated capping the larvae will be found to 

 present a swollen, watery appearance, and on being touched by the tooth- 

 pick will slide out bodily. There is no ropiness. There need not be any 

 anxiety about "pickle brood" as it generally disappears of its own accord. 



Several times during the season of 1911 the Inspector in the Lower 

 Fraser district met cases of dead brood whose death he judged to be the 

 result of cold or starvation. The season had been unusually wet with 

 spells of rather chilly weather right up to the first week of July providing 

 sufficient cause for the death of many larvae, especially those located near 

 the edges of the comb or on the outside frames of the brood nest. All 

 affected hives were noted and visited before the end of the season; in 

 every instance all sigrs of disease had disappeared. 



After a month's fine weather in early spring, the season of 1912 in 

 the same district turned cold and wet. For a period of ten weeks the 



