198 DISEASES OF BEES. 



into a hive of fir at three o'clock in the afternoon, 

 and removed to the place where it was to remain, 

 at nine. About five the next morning the bees 

 were found dead, swelled to double their natural 

 size, and black, except a few, which appeared 

 torpid and feeble, and soon died on exposure to 

 the air." This was attributed to their being 

 poisoned by the effluvia of the Rhus Fernix. 



