BEE KEEPING IN RHODE ISLAND. / 



number of diseased apiaries found, the number of colonies treated, 

 also the number of colonies destroyed, and the expense incurred in 

 the performance of his duty. He shall also keep a careful record 

 of the locaUties where disease exists; but this record shall not be 

 pubhc, but can be consulted with the consent of the inspector of 

 apiaries. 



Sec. 9. All fines collected under the provisions of this act shall 

 be paid to the state treasurer, and by him added to the appropria- 

 tion of the state board of agriculture, to l)e used in carrying out 

 the provisions of this act. 



Sec. 10. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby 

 repealed, and this act shall take effect June first, A. D. 1910. 



Bee Diseases. 



There are two contagious diseases of bees now recognized, both 

 of which attack the brood or bees in the larval stage, and are known 

 respectively as American Foul brood and European Foul brood, the 

 latter being sometimes called Black brood. The so-called Pickled 

 brood is seldom met with and does not seem to be infectious. The 

 term foul as applied to brood disease was given on account of the 

 odor emanating from the dead brood. 



The following is a description of the diseases mentioned and the 

 general manner of their treatment. 



American Foul Brood. 



The cause of this disease is now known to be a microscopic organ- 

 ism called Bacillus larve, White. Dr. E. F. Philhps, in charge of. 

 apicultural investigations of the U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 describes this disease as follows: 



*"When the larvee are first affected they turn to a light chocolate 

 color and in the advanced stages of decay become darker, resembling 

 roasted coffee in color. Usually the larvse are attacked at about 



*The Brood Diseases of Bees. By E. F. Phillips, Ph. D. Circular 79, Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, U. S. Department of Agriculture, pp. 1-2, 1906. 



