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071 Rational Bee-Keeping, 
growths constitute a disease, and they invariably 
disappear by the end of July. 
As to foul brood, we have never had an 
opportunity of testing this disease, for which 
no remedy is known. Dzierzon communicated 
it to his apiary by feeding the bees with strange 
honey, and lost in one year 360 hives. 
Lastly, want of judicious feeding brings de- 
struction every year to a great number of hives 
— a hint to be taken by stingy or negligent 
bee-masters. 
The greatest misfortune that can happen to a 
hive is the loss of the queen bee. As soon as 
she dies, the bees of the hive become extremely 
disconcerted, and the whole colony is in com- 
motion. This state of things, after lasting for 
a day or two, is followed by the most complete 
demoralization. There is much noise in the 
interior of the hive, yet few bees go out to gather 
honey ; and whilst other colonies are bringing 
in abundant provisions, the hive which has been 
deprived of its queen falls into a kind of be- 
wilderment. If there is no brood left, from 
which a queen may be reared, the hive is very 
soon taken possession of by robber bees, and 
given up to pillage ; and even if this does not 
