CHAPTER XV.

THE DISEASES OF BEES.

Dysentery: How Produced—Indications—Treatment. Foul-Brood: two kinds—Nature—Propagation. Mr. Cheshire's Discoveries and Treatment—Fatal Effects of Disease—Detection—Vertigo—Analogy of Human and Bee Diseases.

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CHAPTER XVI.

THE ENEMIES OF BEES.

Birds—Mice—Moths—Braula cœca—Hornets and Wasps—Spiders—Toads—"Robber Bees"—Prevention of robbing.

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CHAPTER XVII.

HIVES.