Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1912 — Disease of Honey Bees. [ARTICLE]

Disease of Honey Bees.

The United States Department, of Agriculture calls attention to the fact that European foul brood has been found ! to exist 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 t'he bee keeper to some other cause. Farmers’ Bulletin No, 442, The Treatment 4f 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, so that there need' be no fear on the pan t of purchasers of honey.