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Show DISEASE OF HONEY BEfiS. The United Slated Departmem. of Agriculture cabs attention to tha fact that American foul brood has been found to exist in Sinpete Conn tv. The Department has no means of knowing bow long the disease In s existed in the region, but desiri st". notif beekeepers of the trouble an to suggest thai, if not already informed in-formed concerning the disease, tlk y inform themselves at once. Very i'n-quently i'n-quently cuhmies of bees are destroyed destroy-ed by disease and the loss is attribut ed by the be keeper to some oth:.r-cause. oth:.r-cause. Farmers, Bulletin No. 412, The Treatment of Bee Diseas?s, gives a dei-cription of the brood diseases dis-eases and methods of treatment. It will be sent free on request to the Secretary of A .riculture, Washington, Washing-ton, D. C. Attention is also called to the fact thai the brood diseases do not at all injure honey for human consumption, consump-tion, so that there need.be no fear on the part of purchasers of honey. |