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ing the cage and attendant bees that came by mail. I believe 

 that the best way to get rid of the disease is to educate the 

 bee-keepers through the bee-papers, agricultural and horti- 

 cultural publications. 



A great many mistake chilled or pickled brood for foul 

 brood. It can be easily distinguished from foul brood, as 

 pickled brood, or chilled brood, occurs after the larva has 

 passed the 13th day from the egg. The young bee takes on 

 the nymph form, that is, the formation of legs, wings, etc., 

 while the larva infected with foul brood dies in the pupa 

 state about the 10th day. After a few days it settles back 

 into the bottom of the cell and turns into a putrid, ropy state, 

 and can not be shaken from the cells, while the pickled and 

 chilled brood shrivels up and can readily be drawn from the 

 cells intact. 



I find that the practical bee-keepers are, as a rule, their 

 own inspectors — the trouble comes from the novice or persons 

 who never have seen the inside of a hive of live bees. In my 

 visits with the bee-keepers, I find them all anxious to learn to 

 know foul brood, so they can take care of their own and 

 neighbors' bees. As a rule they are intelligent above the aver- 

 age, and very pleasant ladies and gentlemen. 



In my work last season I inspected over 4000 hives, and 

 although last year was a very poor honey year, the bee-keep- 

 ers were not discouraged, but are looking forward to the com- 

 ing season for better results. 



I believe that good results could be attained, as Mr. N. E. 

 France, State Inspector of Wisconsin, suggested in his report, 

 by bringing together the farmer bee-keepers at the winter 

 Farmers' Institutes, and having there a talk on bees and their 

 diseases ; also distributing to bee-keepers the old, reliable 

 McEvoy treatment, which never fails to effect a cure. I find 

 that a number of bee-keepers have the wrong idea regarding 

 the treatment and costs, as in their letters they want to know 

 what the cost will be to have their bees inspected. 



I appointed Mr. Herman F. Moore my deputy last year, 

 to look after the disease in Cook and adjoining counties. He 

 visited a number of apiaries, and I herewith give his report 

 for work done : 



Pakk Ridge, Iix., July 11, 1904. 

 Mb. J. Q. Smith, Lincoln, 111. — 



Dear Sir : — I have finished my 30 days of inspection of 

 apiaries. I visited about 12S yards, and found foul brood in 

 about 12, containing 88 hives of bees. Possibly one- half of 

 the 88 are diseased more or less. These figures show the im- 

 portance of the work, and the need for a better law. The 

 work has been very interesting. 



Hebman F. Moobe, 

 - Deputy Inspector of Apiaries. 



In my treatment and instruction to others I have used the 

 McEvoy treatment. I have never burned a colony of bees 

 where there was a fertile queen and bees enough to form a 

 nucleus, which can soon be built up by adding combs of brood 

 from strong colonies ; the hives can be used again by boiling 



