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from the hive, and perceptible even before it has been 

 opened. The disease is then in a bad form, and the 

 combs will be found in a state that will necessitate the 

 burning of combs and in fact everything movable in 

 the hive. When the disease is in such an advanced 

 stage it is true economy to destroy bees, combs, quilts, 

 dummies, and even the hive, if it is not of much value. 



The name foul brood was given to the disease, as it 

 was found that in a diseased stock the brood quickly 

 exhibited a putrid appearance. Instead of being pearly 

 white, the grubs, when attacked by the bacillus, turn 

 yellow, and ultimately become a coffee-coloured, sticky 

 mass at the bottom of the cells. The cappings of the 

 brood combs are sunken and pierced with numerous 

 small and irregularly shaped holes. 



In spring, by inexperienced bee-keepers spreading 

 the brood during fine weather, and at an unsettled 

 period of the year, much of the brood becomes chilled 

 and dies. This is sometimes taken for foul brood, but 

 chiUed brood is not like foul brood, a dark putrid mass. 

 When there is the slightest suspicion of foul brood, 

 any stocks that have been doing good work and become 

 listless should be examined without delay, particularly 

 if the bees are noticed fanning at the entrance. 



Bemedies. The remedies proposed to deal effectively 

 with the disease are various, and the results after 

 treatment by them the same. In many instances it 

 is not the remedy that is at fault, but the bee-keeper, 

 who uses it in a half-hearted manner and carelessly 

 carries out the directions given. 



Salicylic acid is a well-known remedy, and when 

 properly administered effective. It is most effective 



