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with a much more virulent condition of the disease. By this period 

 the bees will have sealed over many of the grubs that were attacked 

 by the disease in its early stages. The cappings of the brood cells, 



Empty Brood Comb requiring renewing. 



instead of being light brown in colour and convex in appearance, 

 will be dark brown and flat or indented; occasional cells may have 

 minute perforations in the covers. If a match is pressed into one of 

 these cells and then withdrawn, a brown, ropy, tenacious mass will 

 adhere to the wood, and an unpleasant odour reminiscent of the 

 glue-pot will be observed. The colony will diminish rapidly in 

 numbers as a result of the high death-rate in the cells. 



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Foul Brood. Ropy Stage (B. alvei). 



