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Show Disease of Honey Bees. The United States department of agriculture calls attention to the fact that A cuerican foul brood has been found to exist in SaDpete county. The department has no means of Inowiug how long the disease has exited ex-ited ia ths region, but desires to iiolify ihe bt keepers uf the trouble and to suggf-s' . W, if not already informed in-formed conceimurf the dilate, they inform themselvos at once, Very frequently colonies of bees are destroyed by disease and tiw loss is Bltributed by tbe bee keeper to Bome other cause. Farmers' Bulletin No. 442, "The Treatment of Bee Diseases" gives a description of the brood diseases dis-eases and method of treattneut. It wilt be seni free on request to the Beoretary of agriculture, Washington, Washing-ton, D. 0. Attention is also called to the fact that tbe brood diseases do not at all injure housy for human coruBunip-fcion, coruBunip-fcion, so thst there need be no fear on ihe part of tbe purchaeesr of honey. |