BEE DISEASE CONTROL 



Elmer G. Carr 



Deputy of the State Entomologist in Bee Inspection 

 New Jersey State Department of Agriculture , 



INTRODUCTION 



Save for the annual report of the state entomologist which 

 has had only a limited distribution, no effort has been made 

 during the past four years to present to the people of New 

 Jersey a statement of the progress in control of bee diseases, 

 the advancement in the methods of fighting the diseases, and 

 the possibilities of bee keeping as a business. _ Because of this 

 lack of information, the Department of Agriculture has seen fit 

 to authorize the publication of the following paper, in which the 

 subjects mentioned are taken up. 



The writer wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to the 

 state entomologist. Dr. Thomas J- Headlee, for helpful criticism 

 and advice in the preparation of this circular. 



BEE DISEASE CONTROL 



History of Bee Disease 



Everv form of animal life is subject to disease, and in the 

 economic animal forms the control of disease is necessary for 

 their successful management. This is true of honey bees. 



The exact date when it became known that bees have disease 

 is not fixed. The difficult}- in keeping a single adult bee under 

 observation for any considerable length of time and the fact that 

 they do not respond to efforts directed toward their domestica- 

 tion makes their study for disease difficult. Hives so constructed 

 that everv part can be readily examined have been in use but 



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