CHAPTER XIV 



DISEASES AND ENEMIES OF BEES 



T>EES, like all other stock, may be subject 

 -*-^ to disease, and other enemies that will 

 ravage them if the conditions are favorable, 

 but as a matter of fact the danger is very re- 

 mote if the bees are given the proper care they 

 demand. In my many years of experience, 

 I have never had a case of disease among my 

 bees, and the predations of natural enemies 

 such as birds, skunks, snakes, and mice have 

 been of such rare occurrence as to be in- 

 finitesimal factors in all the years that have 

 passed. It is well, however, to describe some 

 of the diseases to which bees are prone, and 

 to point out preventive and curative measures 

 for any possible condition that may arise. 



Foul Brood is the most dreaded of diseases. 

 It is of two varieties, the American and the 



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