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but since Bacillus alvei is not found in this disease it obviously is not 

 the same disease as that described by Cheyne. It would be well-nigh 

 impossible, however, to change the name of this disease, and any effort 

 in that direction would merely result in complicating laws now in force 

 which control the infectious diseases of bees and would serve no good 

 purpose. This disease is here designated "American foul brood." 

 These names have been chosen only after consultation with some of 

 the leading bee keepers of the United States, and these distinguishing 

 terms were chosen by the majority of those consulted as indicating 

 the place in which the diseases were first investigated in a thoroly 

 scientific manner. Both diseases are found in Europe, as well as in 

 America, so that the names indicate nothing concerning the geo- 

 graphical distribution of the maladies. 



Strangely enough, certain writers for our American apicultural 

 papers have seen fit to take exception to some of the statements made 

 in this paper without having first found out the reasons for the de- 

 cisions herein published. Apiculture will not be advanced to any 

 appreciable extent by such eagerness to rush into print, especially 

 when there is not a semblance of scientific investigation back of the 

 criticism. 



E. F. Phillips, 

 Acting in Charge of Apiculture. 



