. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 461 ®nv fetter g**. Hainesville, 111., Aug. 26, 1879. 1 have not had much experience with bees till within the past tew months, and finding something wrong with them, have come to you for information. 1 had, as I supposed, 10 colonies in first-class condition, strong and doing well. I am so situated I cannot be with them but about once a month. While home Aug. 12th, I went through my hives to see if all was right. I found plenty of brood, but here and there would be an uncapped cell, with dead bees or larva? de- cayed and rotten, while some of the you
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 461 ®nv fetter g**. Hainesville, 111., Aug. 26, 1879. 1 have not had much experience with bees till within the past tew months, and finding something wrong with them, have come to you for information. 1 had, as I supposed, 10 colonies in first-class condition, strong and doing well. I am so situated I cannot be with them but about once a month. While home Aug. 12th, I went through my hives to see if all was right. I found plenty of brood, but here and there would be an uncapped cell, with dead bees or larva? de- cayed and rotten, while some of the young bees that were hatched and trying to get out, but could not—seemed as if they were glued to the bottom. What is the cause ? Finding young bees decayed means foul brood, does it not; if so how came it there ? Does it come of its own accord, or does it have to be propagated ? Now, will you, or some good-hearted writer for the Ameri- can Bee Journal, explain foul-brood in the first how to cure it, if possible. W. E. H. [We fear your bees have that most loath- some complaint, "; Mr. E. P. Abbe, of New Bedford, has a very interes- ting communication on page 450 of this number, giving the result of a series of ex- periments with this disease. If, however, it should develope into unmistakeable fout- broed, we doubt if the trouble, and risk, and expense would be compensated by their recovery. The greatest caution is required to prevent its spread. Undoubtedly, like everything else, there must have been a " first cause," but we also know it can be rapidly propagated by contact, and here lies the base of the argument to thoroughly eradicate the disease by burning bees, hives, combs, and everything which could possi- bly come in contact with it, as it long re- quires the closest watching after a cure is supposed to have been effected, to prevent a return. We are glad to say we have never had any experience with it.—Ed.] North Lansing, Mich
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