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  American 
  foul-brood 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  ropiness 
  and 
  the 
  gluey 
  smell 
  are 
  

   lacking, 
  and 
  the 
  dead 
  larvae 
  usually 
  can 
  be 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  cells 
  without 
  

   breaking 
  their 
  skins. 
  It 
  differs 
  from 
  European 
  foul-brood 
  in 
  the 
  lack 
  

   of 
  odour, 
  and 
  it 
  never 
  has 
  the 
  greasy 
  melted 
  appearance 
  so 
  typical 
  

   of 
  certain 
  stages 
  of 
  European 
  foul-brood. 
  The 
  symptoms 
  vary 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  hive, 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  dead 
  larvae 
  are 
  extended 
  and 
  flattened 
  in 
  the 
  

   cell, 
  with 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  the 
  head. 
  These 
  usually 
  lose 
  their 
  segmented 
  

   appearance. 
  Other 
  larvae, 
  while 
  extended, 
  have 
  a 
  rounded 
  shape, 
  

   with 
  the 
  segmentation 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  well 
  marked. 
  The 
  brood 
  dies 
  after 
  

   the 
  time 
  of 
  capping 
  and 
  the 
  dead 
  larvae 
  are 
  therefore 
  almost 
  always 
  

   found 
  extended 
  lengthwise 
  in 
  the 
  cells 
  and 
  lying 
  with 
  the 
  dorsal 
  side 
  

   against 
  the 
  lower 
  wall. 
  When 
  larvae, 
  dead 
  of 
  this 
  disease, 
  are 
  found 
  

   in 
  uncapped 
  cells, 
  the 
  cap 
  has 
  been 
  removed 
  by 
  the 
  bees 
  after 
  death, 
  

   though 
  occasionally 
  a 
  capping 
  has 
  a 
  hole 
  through 
  it, 
  indicating 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  

   never 
  been 
  completed. 
  A 
  larva 
  dead 
  of 
  this 
  disease 
  assumes 
  at 
  first 
  

   a 
  slightly 
  yellowish 
  tint, 
  but 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  decay, 
  brown 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  

   characteristic 
  colour. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  usually 
  necessary 
  to 
  treat 
  a 
  colony 
  

   for 
  sacbrood 
  unless 
  it 
  is 
  weakened, 
  when 
  the 
  same 
  treatment 
  as 
  for 
  

   American 
  foul-brood 
  is 
  applicable. 
  Sacbrood 
  seldom 
  becomes 
  

   epidemic, 
  but 
  will 
  spread 
  if 
  frames 
  of 
  brood 
  and 
  honey 
  are 
  changed 
  

   from 
  an 
  infected 
  colony 
  to 
  a 
  healthy 
  one. 
  The 
  paper 
  gives 
  the 
  full 
  

   text 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  law 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  Inspection 
  of 
  Apiaries 
  passed 
  during 
  

   the 
  Legislative 
  Assembly 
  of 
  1913, 
  and 
  described 
  as 
  an 
  Act 
  for 
  the 
  

   suppression 
  of 
  contagious 
  diseases 
  among 
  bees 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Michigan. 
  

  

  Insetti 
  nocivi, 
  crittogame 
  ed 
  altri 
  mali 
  riscontrati 
  in 
  Provincia'^di 
  

   Girgenti 
  negli 
  anni 
  1910-1913. 
  [Injurious 
  insects, 
  cryptogams 
  

   and 
  other 
  pests 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Girgenti 
  from 
  1910 
  to 
  

   1913.] 
  — 
  U 
  Agricoltore 
  Agrigentino, 
  Girgenti, 
  vi, 
  no. 
  2, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  

   pp. 
  25-28. 
  

  

  Vine 
  pests. 
  Phylloxera 
  vastatrix 
  first 
  occurred 
  some 
  30 
  years 
  ago 
  

   in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Girgenti, 
  but 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  the 
  sandy 
  soil 
  has 
  

   enabled 
  European 
  stocks 
  to 
  resist 
  it. 
  Carbon 
  bisulphide 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   mersion 
  and 
  cultivation 
  in 
  sandy 
  soils 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  effectual 
  remedies. 
  

  

  Rhynchites 
  betuleti, 
  a 
  metallic 
  green 
  weevil 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  Sigaria 
  

   della 
  vite," 
  appears 
  in 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  female 
  makes 
  cigar-shaped 
  rolls 
  

   of 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  deposits 
  her 
  eggs 
  therein, 
  the 
  larva 
  feeding 
  on 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  and 
  pupating 
  in 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  injury 
  is 
  not 
  considerable, 
  

   but 
  the 
  collection 
  and 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  leaf-rolls 
  is 
  advised. 
  

  

  Melolonthid 
  larvae 
  of 
  an 
  undetermined 
  species 
  seriously 
  injure 
  

   the 
  vine 
  roots, 
  especially 
  in 
  light 
  soils. 
  Carbon 
  bisulphide 
  may 
  be 
  

   efficacious 
  against 
  these 
  if 
  injected 
  in 
  autumn, 
  from 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  an 
  

   ounce 
  to 
  one 
  ounce 
  per 
  square 
  yard 
  being 
  required. 
  The 
  Orthopteron 
  

   Brachytrypes 
  megacephalus, 
  locally 
  called 
  " 
  Cicalone," 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  

   voracious 
  and 
  capable 
  of 
  destroying 
  entire 
  vineyards. 
  Poison 
  baits 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  vine 
  leaves 
  dipped 
  in 
  a 
  solution 
  of 
  water, 
  bran, 
  flour 
  and 
  

   arsenic 
  are 
  advised. 
  

  

  Damon 
  (S. 
  C). 
  The 
  Potato. 
  — 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  State 
  Agric. 
  Coll. 
  

   Kingston, 
  Extension 
  Bull., 
  iii, 
  no. 
  12, 
  Feb. 
  1914, 
  4 
  pp. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  says 
  that 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  flea- 
  and 
  Colorado-beetles, 
  which 
  

  

  