. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 88 TIFF. The bees affected have a black and greasy ap- pearance, and in the early stages an occasional bee will be seen running around on the alighting board, with its abdomen swollen. Sometimes the bees will walk unsteadily with trembling in the legs, and will of their own accord leave the colony and crawl off in the grass to die. Re-queening the colony will often result in a cure, although in the South and West this method seems to have but little effect. The most effective plan i
. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 88 TIFF. The bees affected have a black and greasy ap- pearance, and in the early stages an occasional bee will be seen running around on the alighting board, with its abdomen swollen. Sometimes the bees will walk unsteadily with trembling in the legs, and will of their own accord leave the colony and crawl off in the grass to die. Re-queening the colony will often result in a cure, although in the South and West this method seems to have but little effect. The most effective plan is to sprinkle powdered sulphur over the combs of the diseased colony, and should this fail to stop the trouble, then split the colony up, giving a frame each to a number of strong col- onies; and as the sul- phur will have done its work. n(j si)read of the disease need be feared. I'On. Brood.—This is a disease to be feared when once it has gotten under way. as it will (|uickly spread from hive to hive, especi- ally if healthy bees from other colonies steal some of the infected honey from the diseased colony. The presence of this disease is easily detected even by the beginner, as its odor is very offensive. The ])rood fails to hatch, while here and there are cells of sealed brood, the cappings of which are sunken and of a very dark color. I would impress it upon the reader that he should not confuse chilled brood with foul brood,. J I Ml .NUHkl) I (JI.()NIi:s AKK WIMKKII) IN THK UNI)1"k THIS HONKY HOISI', AND THl V KFEH VERY FKEH FKOM DISEASE DISEASES OF RERS 89 for they are not similar in any respect (Note: The reference to chilled brood needs no further expla- nation than to say that it is not a disease, but a condition brought about by opening the hives when the weather is too cool; it results in loss of brood. Whatever brood is chilled is taken care of by the bees, as thev will carry it out of the hives. To avoid chilled brood the beekeeper should be ca
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