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larvce. The differing symptoms, as described, may be here 

 stated : — 



" Ambkioan." 



Very prevalent. 



Larvse attacked about the time 

 of capping. 



Colour, first light chocolate, and 

 later that of roasted coffee. 



Cappings sunken and perforated. 



Bees do little to clean out. 



Matter is ropy and stretches. 



Odour of glue. 



Scal«s, very dark brown, strongly 

 adherent. 



Seldom attacks drone or q'ii en 

 larvEe. 



Infeotiouft. 



Cause — Baoillui larvce. 



"BnKOPEAN." 



Not so widespread. 



Larvse earlier attacked, a small 

 percentage capped. 



Colour, first a yellow spot, then 

 all brown and almost black. 



Cappings sunken and perforated. 



Bees clean out some dried scales. 



Mass does not stretch out. 



Odour very slight. 



Scales irregular, not strongly 

 adherent. 



Attacks drone and queen 

 larvae. 



Much more infectious. 



Causj — Bacillut pluton 



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rig. 111. 



"J. a. D." TENTILATOR. 



360. "Isle of Wight Disease."— This disease, of which the 

 cause and cure have still to be discovered, made its first appear- 

 ance in the Isle of Wight in 1904, and was described in the 

 Irish Bee Journal {1906) by Mr. H. M. Cooper, Hon. Secretary 

 ot the local Beekeepers' Association, who said that the symp- 

 tonis of the disease were exactly as described in the Irish Bee 

 Ouide under the heading of "Paralysis," (333-5). At that 

 time ninety per cent, of the stocks in the Island had perished.— 



i,p»'r ^th/hT "^^^ """"■?? ■'"odrcds of bees are to be seen on the ground 

 ?«atlv d^,V.;H°.,l'! crawlmg rapidly, b,it quite unable to fly, their abdomens 

 Sir '!|!,?,'™<J«'l, aod "lontaming a large amount of ropy, yellowish-brown 

 » .iln;h ■ "^ afteoted rapidly dwindle, and usually succumb in about 



tC m^l^^o^.'^ "^^^K^' ^*'""'? *^''' =*''""«^' ^"d 0"™ a quantity of brood. 

 reaueeS„?i^ /v,° *° ^T T'tV and survives to the last. Although 

 btiTTfrf^.. r °^% '•™^'''«» ^''■'<' often been tried, the results have alwayi 

 Deen fatal. —Inah Bee Journal, June, 1906. 



