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270 SUMMER. 
ther says, that “ last spring was the first time I ever 
knew them to become diseased before swarming had 
thinned the population. The weather was remarkably 
pleasant through April. The bees obtained great 
quantities of pollen and honey, and by this means 
extended their brood further than usual at this season. 
Subsequent chilly weather in May, caused the bees to 
desert a portion of brood, which were destroyed by 
the chill.” 
Now this is reasoning from cause to effect very 
consistently. 
ANSWERS NOT SATISFACTORY. 
Had I no experience further than this, I should, 
perhaps, rest satisfied as to the cause, and should en- 
deavor to apply the remedy. Several other writers 
have appeared in different papers, on this subject, 
and nearly all who assign a cause have given this one 
as the most probable. Now I have known the chry- 
salis in a few stocks to be chilled and destroyed by a 
sudden turn of cold weather, yet these were removed 
by the bees soon after, and the stocks remained heal- 
thy. To me the cause assigned appears inadquate to 
produce all the results with the larvae. After close, 
patient observation of fifteen years, I have never yet 
been wholly satisfied that any one instance among my 
bees, was thus produced. 
A CAUSE SUGGESTED. 
We are all familiar to some extent with the conta- 
gious diseases of the human family, such as small-pox, 
