. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 1, 1902. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 279 because it is necessary that the disease should be conlinod in as small a space as possible. This is very much like battlinf,' with small-pox. Our little town was invaded by that dread disease last Novoim- ber. Just as soon as it was detected, the facts were jjub- lished by the Mayor; the houses of the sick were quaran- tined, and the public houses were closed. The town put itself under strict ([uarantine for some 40 days, and at the end of that time the disease had disai)pearcd. In a nei^h- borinK^ city they kep
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. May 1, 1902. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 279 because it is necessary that the disease should be conlinod in as small a space as possible. This is very much like battlinf,' with small-pox. Our little town was invaded by that dread disease last Novoim- ber. Just as soon as it was detected, the facts were jjub- lished by the Mayor; the houses of the sick were quaran- tined, and the public houses were closed. The town put itself under strict ([uarantine for some 40 days, and at the end of that time the disease had disai)pearcd. In a nei^h- borinK^ city they kept the lipht under the bushel, for fear of losing trade, and the result was a much longer and much more extensive siege of the disease. But while we are carefully guarding against foul brood, let us not be hasty in declaring the existence of foul brood at the first sight of a cell or two of dead brood. Foul brood is a special disease, which has been described often enough to make every body familiar with it, and when a case of dead brood is found, one ought to make absolutely sure that it is a case of maligant foul brood before resorting to the extreme measures which foul brood demands. At two different times in my experience I have had samples of dead brood sent me by bee-keepers who thought they had the dread disease in their apiaries, and in both cases I had the pleasure of informing them that I did not believe the disease was the true contagion. In both cases the subsequent disappearance of the disease proved that this was correct. But in the modern methods of rearing and shipping ?queens all over the country, there lies a great danger, and, for that reason, I believe that the State inspectors, after making absolutely sure of the existence of the disease in a locality, ought to publish the fact in their report. After the disease is cured, it would be their duty publicly to men- tion that fact also. Can we not hear from some foul-brood inspectors in regard to this matter ? Ha
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