. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American 'bee Journal December, 1914. the mating, the female motlis are place 1 in paper sacks where they lay their eggs to the number of about 5()U and die afterwards. To discover the diseased ones, each moth when dead must be crushed in water and a little of the liquid examined under the micro- scope. If the corpuscles of pebrine appear, the eggs of that moth are de- stroyed. Those eggs only are preserved which are produced by a healthy mother. In his way, it is possible, to rear silkworms that are healthy. The percentage of diseased moths is now ve
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. American 'bee Journal December, 1914. the mating, the female motlis are place 1 in paper sacks where they lay their eggs to the number of about 5()U and die afterwards. To discover the diseased ones, each moth when dead must be crushed in water and a little of the liquid examined under the micro- scope. If the corpuscles of pebrine appear, the eggs of that moth are de- stroyed. Those eggs only are preserved which are produced by a healthy mother. In his way, it is possible, to rear silkworms that are healthy. The percentage of diseased moths is now very small. But the peasants of Italy were un- educated, and it was out of the ques- tion for them to purchase microscopes and examine their broods. It became necessary for educated people to take the matter in hand. Devoted men and women, belonging to the higher classes of society, gave their help. Miss V'al- entine Visconti, countess though she be, was one of the generous persons who devoted themselves to this task. We give herewith a few pictures, which by the way were made by Coui t Vis- conti himself, as well as others which will appear later. In these pictures our readers will see the country people or "contadini " employed by the lady and her father weighing the silkworms or examining he moths under the micro- scope. We witnessed the peiformance ourselves that day and were told that the house produced some 1500 ounces of eggs, of which there are about 12,(100 in an ounce. So a portion of this mag- nificent villa is devoted to an agricul- tural pursuit in which science must lead to secure success. Isn't it inter- esting ? Count Visconti. who is years young, seemed delighted to show us around. The villa has a beautilul park, with a stream, a water-wheel, a small lake, etc. The apiary is composed mainly of movable-frame hives of the Italian pattern, with tall narrow frames, looking very much on the outside like box hives. However, he has a few Dadant hives, and
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