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Figure 5. — Appearance of larvae (prepupae) dead of sacbrood: A, B, Stages In the course 

 of the disease ; O, the erect head end of a dead larva showing through an opening 

 that the bees have made In the capping ; D, E, two views showing the scale of sacbrooo ; 

 F, the head portion of this larva has been gnawed away by the bees. Note how the 

 head remains erect in all stages. 



