Gleanings in bee culture . presidents, and the secretary-treasurer, was appointed towait upon the managers of the agriculturalfairs for the purpose of obtaining properrecognition of beekeepers for displays ofl)eekeeping products at these fairs. It wasleft to the Executive Committee, and theSecretary particularly, to arrange for thesociety to hear Mr. C. P. Dadant, of Ham-ilton, 111., when he visits the East nextAugust. This will constitute the field meet-ing of the association. The meeting adjourned shortly before fiveoclock, there having been a good attend-ance. Amherst, Mass. ISLE OF WIGHT D
Gleanings in bee culture . presidents, and the secretary-treasurer, was appointed towait upon the managers of the agriculturalfairs for the purpose of obtaining properrecognition of beekeepers for displays ofl)eekeeping products at these fairs. It wasleft to the Executive Committee, and theSecretary particularly, to arrange for thesociety to hear Mr. C. P. Dadant, of Ham-ilton, 111., when he visits the East nextAugust. This will constitute the field meet-ing of the association. The meeting adjourned shortly before fiveoclock, there having been a good attend-ance. Amherst, Mass. ISLE OF WIGHT DISEASE SHOWS VARIOUS SYMPTOMS BY B. BLACKBOURNE One of the peculiarities of the Isle ofWight disease is the different symptomsexhibited by different stocks of bees suffer-ing from it. Jn some cases the sick beesapi^ear shiny and black, active on their legs,the unable to fly. In others they are slug-gish, with swollen abdomens and dislocatedwings. Some stocks die out in a few weeks,while others hang on for months, and still. Dead bees on the floor of a hive containing a colonybadly affected with Isle of Wight disease. others will be found almost completely de-pleted of bees without having shown anycrawlers or dead bodies in front of thehives. In the spring of 1913 I was greatly dis-turbed by seeing crawlers and sick beesbeing thrown out of my hives, and took itfor granted that I had the year advanced, however, these symp-toms disappeared, the bees did very well, andappeared in normal health, so I concludedthe trouble was a touch of paralysis. Thenext year the same thing happened; but thatone stock, which did not appear to be doingmuch work, when examined was found toconsist of brood from top to bottom (20standard frames), and the queen layingfreely, but not an old bee in the hive. Wherehad they gone, for there were no dead out-side ? In 1915 there was no doubt that T had thereal thing. There were always numbers ofbees hopping about on the grass, trying tofly
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