. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. 1/4 DISEASES. cell, and soon assumes a brown colour. The decom- posed mass is easily recognised as it is odourless, and on inserting the end of a match in one of the cells it will on withdrawal have adhering to it—as a putrid ropy tenacious coffee-coloured mass—all that remains of the Iracheai (which do not decompose) of the dead larva—which can be drawn out in a fine thread before it breaks. The dried scale which adheres to the lower side of the ce


. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. 1/4 DISEASES. cell, and soon assumes a brown colour. The decom- posed mass is easily recognised as it is odourless, and on inserting the end of a match in one of the cells it will on withdrawal have adhering to it—as a putrid ropy tenacious coffee-coloured mass—all that remains of the Iracheai (which do not decompose) of the dead larva—which can be drawn out in a fine thread before it breaks. The dried scale which adheres to the lower side of the cell is dark brown. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. London, Madgwick, Houlston


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