Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1913 — Diarrhoea In Bees. [ARTICLE]

Diarrhoea In Bees.

The trouble known as diarrhoea in bees is caused by confinement beyond the endurance of the colony. The trouble Is wholly incident to a continuation of weather unsuited for the flight of the bees, and is more a question of infrequent flights or no flights for months in succession, than of a disease. Many things may conspire to shorten or lengthen the struggle for existence, such as bad food, dampness, weak constitution, etc. Any of these may make the struggle short, and the reverse of these may vary all the way from successful wintering to a long, tedious hanging on to a life that ends in “spring dwindling,” or a barely building up for another winter, only to try the same thing over again.