. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 62 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 22, 1903. putrefj'in? substances. Wet bread and cold cream are the substances on which it is usually seen. The numerous germs which are always present in the air, and so rapidly decompose dead substances, belong nearly all to another order ot beings. Briefly, the arguments presented by Dr. Lambotte are these; 1. The bacillus uiesentericus and bacillus alvei have the same shape, the same size, and present the same arrangement when culti- vated. 2. Both bacilli produce (out of the matter in which they live) a ropy, glue
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 62 THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. Jan. 22, 1903. putrefj'in? substances. Wet bread and cold cream are the substances on which it is usually seen. The numerous germs which are always present in the air, and so rapidly decompose dead substances, belong nearly all to another order ot beings. Briefly, the arguments presented by Dr. Lambotte are these; 1. The bacillus uiesentericus and bacillus alvei have the same shape, the same size, and present the same arrangement when culti- vated. 2. Both bacilli produce (out of the matter in which they live) a ropy, glue-like sub- 3. Both have the same effect on the serum of the blood, when injected in the veins of an animal. This last consideration is presented by Prof. Lambotte as conclusive. 4. A "culture" of bacillus mesentericus was spread over some brood to give them the disease. The larv:v were killed, but after three days the bees had cleaned them out, and no further damage was observed. This ex- perience was repeated a number of times with invariably the same result. Prof. Lambotte then tried another plan. He took a number of , ground them, and made a " culture '' with it. In this culture he introduced some bacilli mesentericus--re- peated the operation on the same set several times, so as to get them used to that kind of food. These are not the terms that he used, but it is the meaning. Then he applied the culture to a comb of brood. The result was, that about one-fifth of the larvje were dis- eased, and the remainder had been cleaned out by the bees, when examined. Well, as Dr. Miller says sometimes, " I don't know," but, .iudging by Dr. Lambotte's own report, I should rather think he is wrong. As to this first item, I may say that the two bacilli, though apparently identical, may yet be different. Bacilli are very small things, and only their general size and shape can be ascertained under the microscope. It is very much like looking at two men at a
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