Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1912 — Disease of Honey Bees is Found In Jasper County. [ARTICLE]

Disease of Honey Bees is Found In Jasper County.

The United States Department of agriculture calls attention to the fact that European foul brood has been found in Jasper county. The department has no means of knowing how long the disease has existed in the region, but desires to notify bee keepers of the trouble and to suggest that, if not already informed concerning the disease, they inform themselves at once. Very frequently colonies of bees are destroyed by disease and the loss is attributed by the bee keeper to some other cause. Farmers’ Bulletin No. 442, The Treatment, of Bee Diseases, gives a description of the brood diseases and methods of treatment. It will be sent free on request to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Attention is also called to the fact that the brood diseases do not at all injure honey for human consumption, no. ttuit there need be no fear on the part of purchasers of honey.