Not often does this disorder cause the death of a colony, but 
it frequently takes such a toll of the working force that the colony 
is rendered unproductive. 
Without any real foundation for such recommendations, the sug- 
gested treatments are requeening, sprinkling powdered sulphur on 
top the frames and transferring the colony to the stand of a healthy 
populous one. 
The introduction of a more vigorous queen is in itself a good 
move, and of the three suggested treatments this probably has the 
most to recommend it. 
Crawling Disorder 
A disorder of adult bees, because it is in a measure descrip- 
tive of the behavior of the affected bees, the writer has chosen to 
designate the crawling disorder. So far as can be learned this first 
made its appearance in New Jersey near Matawan, Monmouth County, 
in 1912. What appeared to be the same trouble had been seen at 
Huguenot Park, S. I, N. Y. as early as 1906. This disorder con- 
tinued to spread until in 1918 it could be found from Matawan across 
Monmouth County to Allentown and to Hamilton Square in Mercer 
County. What appears to be the same trouble has been observed at 
Washington in Warren County, Palatine in Salem County, Glassboro 
in Gloucester County, Moorestown in Burlington County and Lake- 
wood in Ocean County. The bees which are affected by this trouble 
are for the greater part young adults at about the age when they 
do the first field work. 
The affected bees may be seen crawling in every direction away 
from the hive, many exhibiting a nervous haste. Many are found 
clustered together in groups on small objects such as sticks and 
stones or in depressions in the earth. When disturbed these bees 
show an indisposition to move, similar to bees benumbed by cold. 
This disorder appears suddenly and may be in evidence but a 
few days and disappear as suddenly as it came. In aggravated 
cases the colony becomes entirely depopulated, even the queen de- 
serting the hive. This disorder has usually occurred during a period 
when there was little or no nectar gathering due to dull weather, 
and when bright sunshiny weather reappeared the trouble often abated. 
The only abnormal condition noticed inside the affected colony 
is the decreased population, the decline in brood-rearing and an 
excessive amount of stored pollen. 
The greater amount of this trouble has been seen where white 
potato growing is carried on extensively and dusting with arseni- 
cals for the control of insects is common. For this reason beekeepers 
in the regions affected have believed the trouble is poisoning from 
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