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or long confinement,— during which the state of the 
weather or some disturbance, keeps them active, and 
causes them to take a larger amount of honey than 
usual, — may be considered a cause of dysentery. 
Feeding them on prepared syrup also has a tendency 
to cause this disease, especially if it, or even honey, is 
fed so late in the season that the bees cannot cap it 
over, and the moisture of the hive, if imperfectly ven- 
tilated, will greatly aid in producing fermentation. 
If a colony is found to be afflicted with dysentery, 
feed them with pure honey, and after they have ceased 
discharging, clean the hive of all impurities, substitu- 
ting clean combs for the soiled ones if possible ; con- 
tinue feeding clean honey, and allow the bees to fly 
whenever possible. If the disease is detected in win- 
ter, make a box, front and top of wire-cloth, adjust it 
to the entrance of the hive in such a manner, that the 
bees can enter it, yet have no other place to leave the 
hive. Remove the whole to a warm room, so that the 
bees will be induced to leave the hive and enter the 
box ; feed on pure honey and clean every part of the 
hive as much as possible. 
Foul-brood has never been known to exist west of 
Ohio ; western bee-keepers have been careful not to 
pui chase bees from districts infested with this contagious 
disease. Foul-brood, or brood-rot, has more effect 
upon the brood of a colony than the mature bees; the 
