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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 



the gases did not destroy the^ disease, for those treated July 

 27, in 41 days each of those combs had foul brood again. 



To prove that the gases do not go through wax-cappings, 

 I took some healthy hatching brood, fumigated it, then took 

 it out and cut away the cappings, and some of the bees had 

 life enough to crawl. 



I believe we should go slow and do careful experiment- 

 ing. I know old, diseased combs are worth more rendered 

 into wax, or those containing honey or pollen in infected 

 combs are not safe to use again. A sheet of comb foundation 

 is worth far more. I believe it is possible, if carefully done, 

 to fumigate infected combs where there is nothing over the 

 disease, so that those combs can be saved. 



Platteville, Wis., March 17, 1904. N. E. Franc£ 



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