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that, with me, for bad cases, nothing- 

 short of the McEvoy treatment will bring 

 relief; and that the one-shaking method 

 may prove effective only in cases of the 

 mild form. 



Where I am inclined to take issue, is 

 my belief that your positive assertion 

 places more merit into the treatment 

 than the treatment possesses. 



I feel, however, that you should not be 

 blamed alone; others have been proclaim- 

 ing- the very same doctrine, before and 

 after. The point is: None of those others 

 did 1 acknowledge as my chosen author- 

 ity on questions of apiculture. 



What findings did I make? 



When a deceased colony was shaken 

 upon starters, as soon as only a few cells 

 were built, the bees stored the infected 

 honey from their honey-sacs in them. 

 They did not consume all that honey in 

 building comb. Circumstances beingfav- 

 orable, comb-building went on rapidly, 

 being soon followed by brood rearing in 

 and around the middle sphere of the new 

 combs. This brood received nourishment 

 from the freshly gathered nectar or from 

 the feed that the bees were given by the 

 bee-keeper, and the first built cells near 

 the top bar, with honey more or less in- 

 fected, were gradually sealed over. Later 

 brood rearing- subsiding, the combs are 

 being filled with stores towards the 

 autumn -and we are glad to take a look 

 at the convalescent colony so numerous 

 in bees and rich in stores with no symp- 

 toms of disease apparent. Cured. Cured ? 



Next spring everything goes well. 

 Careful scrutiny will reveal no trace of 

 the old malady, until about the latter 

 portion of June, or rather the first decade 

 of July will tell the story, at the climax 

 period of brood rearing. It is then, that 1 

 generally found the infected honey from 

 the uppermost cells near the top-bar 

 removed and replaced by brood; the in- 

 fected honey being- probably used for 

 feeding- the brood. The colony is infected 

 again, in a mild form. This is probably 

 what some papers call being "cured, but 

 not staying cured." The infection lurking 

 in the hive until the height of the next 

 brood rearing season. This is my story. 

 Please excuse my going at length into the 

 matter. 



If you see fit you may use a part or the 

 whole of this letter, or modify the language 

 in any way desirable, mentioning my 

 name in connection with the matter. 

 Brainard, Neb. Feb. 21, 1907. 



[I have many times tried shaking the 

 bees from an infected colony upon start- 

 ers and also upon sheets of foundation, 

 and have never yet seen the necessity for 

 the second shaking. I believe that Mr. R. 

 L. Taylor has had a similar experience, 

 but, like myself, he would not contend 

 that it is never necessary. It is just pos- 

 sible that these colonies of Mr. Klein's 

 secured the infection the second time 

 from some outside source. Of course, it 

 is not probable, but there is a lack of 

 positiveness upon this point. — Editor.] 





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