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still continues, the bees never again being able to regain 

 their former state of semi-hibernation, drag out their 

 existence wandering aimlessly about, and die at a rapid 

 rate, each day adding to the accumulating filth of the hive. 



Prevention. 



This form of starvation, with its possible consequences,, 

 is to be avoided by seeing that every hive has heavily 

 stored combs of good sealed food to winter on. A stock 

 fed with ten or twelve pounds of thick warm syrup, rapidly, 

 towards the end of September will store such food in the 

 immediate vicinity of the cluster, and will stand well, 

 until the following Spring is warm enough for the bees to 

 move freely about the hive. Dysentery will probably 

 never follow after such a provision has been made, unless 

 through carelessness some other exciting cause, such as a 

 choked entrance, badly fitting roof, etc., is permitted. 



Another Item 



of considerable importance as a preventive, is the adoption 

 of a large frame, when a greater store of food will always 

 be found within reach of a more compact cluster. In a 

 semi-hibernating condition, during cold weather a cluster 

 of bees has no difficulty in gradually moving along the 

 surface of the same combs, and can do so without there 

 being any reason for excitement, but when it becomes 

 necessary to shift on to an entirely fresh set it means, as 

 we have already seen, a disastrous disturbance of their 

 natural economy. 



Foul Brood, 



generally so-called, but by my lamented friend, the late 

 F. R. Cheshire, designated Bacillus Alvei, is the only 

 really serious disease the bee-keeper has to contend with. 



