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DR. G. BOHRER. 



that for some reason the European 

 was not so bad here as elsewhere. 



The Alexander treatment was, in 

 some cases, suecessful, and in some 

 cases a failure. In all cases where 

 colonies were thrown on foundation, 

 although we did some things that were 

 not according to rule, there was never 

 a single diseased cell to be found in 

 any one of them afterward. Yet, if it 

 were to do over again, I should make 

 more use of the Alexander plan, and 

 throw fewer colonies on foundation. 

 A colony thrown on foundation was 

 so much more reduced in strength 

 than one left with its combs, that one 

 could afford to treat again the cases 

 of failure with the Alexander plan. 

 Moreover, it is possible that there 

 would be a few cases of failure with" 

 the Alexander plan if all colonies 

 treated were first made strong enough. . 



It is just possible that what suc- 

 ceeded in a year of crop failure might 

 not be just the same in a bumper year. 



And what succeeds with European foul 

 brood may not turn out the same with 

 American. I have some doubts whether 

 the Alexander treatment will succeed 

 at all with American foul brood. 



C. C. MILLER. 

 President Kildow — Does anybody 

 wish' to discuss this question, or ask 

 any question on it, or anjrthing of the 

 kind? If not, we will listen to an ad- 

 dress by Dr. Bohrer, of Kansas. 



Dr. Bohrer's Address On Foul Brood. 



Mr, President, Ladies and Gentlemen 

 of the Convention': — I have had some 

 knowledge of foul brood ever since in 

 the '70's. I have noted with some care 

 the different methods of treatment, and 

 the progress that the disease has made 

 throughout the length and breadth of 

 the land. I regard it as being the 

 most important question now confront- 

 ing Amerrican bee-keepers — the control 

 of and stamping out of foul brood. 

 The position has been taken by a few 



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