and lis Economic Management. 125, 



same bees rapidly built up a weak into a powerful colony. 



The saving clause was that they arrived there without 



being frightened, and so did not iirst gorge themselves 



with their own stores. 



Diseased Honey. 



It would be strange indeed if honey in a foul broody 



hive did not become contaminated to a slight extent. But 



here again the spores have no suitable soil wherein to 



extend their numbers, which therein are comparatively 



small ; many investigators having been unable to discover 



any. This is not to be wondered at, for the humid 



summer temperature of the hive must cause them to 



germinate in detail, only to end their existence, for not 



only is there nothing in honey to encourage such 



parasites; but rather is it a substance detrimental to all 



disease germs, and in many cases a strong antiseptic in 



itself 



Boilins: Honey. 



Now it is a question, if after all, the act of boiling 

 really does destroy the spores. The proof seems evident 

 and simple enough that it does not. In the first place 

 the process of applying heat alternately with cooling, is 

 absolutely necessary. If boiling would do it the first 

 application would be sufficient, but that is not so. It 

 appears to be simply a question of germination, while the 

 said germs are destroyed as they develop. 



Consequently we have but one evidence of fact ; and 

 that is the spores simply germinate during the inter- 

 mediate temperature, the germs being destroyed at the 

 next boiling, and the boiling followed by further germina- 

 tion, and so on till the process is completed. The logical 

 conclusion, then, is this, that (a) the spores of foul brood 

 may exist indefinitely in combs or honey stored apart 

 from the bees ; {b) they must germinate rapidly among 



