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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



DR. C. C. MILLER 



York. Mr. York has a paper, by Dr. 

 Miller, on the subject of foul brood, 

 and then right in that line will 

 follow Dr. Bohrer, and others who have 

 anything to say along this line. It 

 might be well to discuss the election 

 of foul brood inspector, and then the 

 question of election of offlcers, in con- 

 nection with tJhe election of a foul 

 brood inspector. 



President Kildow — If there is no ob- 

 jection, we will listen to Mir. York. 



Mr. York then read the following 

 paper: 



Dr. Miller's Experience With European 

 Foul Brood. 



In 1907 some cells of dead brood 

 were found in 'No. 13. We thought it 

 might be that they were poisoned, as 

 an orchard in easy reach had been 

 sprayed while the trees were in bloom. 



If we had known at the time that we 

 could send samples to Dr. Phillips, at 

 Washington, for identification, it would 

 have saved no little subsequent trouble. 

 But No. 13 apparently recovered, and 

 was one of tihe very best in the whole 

 apiary. In 1908, I think the same 

 trouble appeared in two colonies, and 

 little heed was given to it, the sup- 

 position still being that the spraying 

 accounted for the trouble. The year, 

 was a boomer for the bees, and if there 

 was any dead brood later in the season 

 it was unnoticed. 



In the spring, or early summer, of 

 1909 we noticed more or less dead 

 brood in a number of colonies, but 

 not until after we had done our level 

 best to spread it throughout the whole 

 apiary by exchanging frames. A sam- 

 ple was sent to Washington. The re- 

 ply came that we were entertaining 



