Excerpt from Rational Bee-Keeping and the Prevention of Acarine Disease As the critical period of the year as regards Acarine disease is during the winter months, when owing to lack of foraging, and the practical absence of brood production, the average age of the bees composing the colonies. Becomes high, and infection, where present, spreads with extreme rapidity, it is necessary to prepare for this period some months in advance, and to ensure the absence of infection within the colony before the advent of winter. In ...
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Excerpt from Rational Bee-Keeping and the Prevention of Acarine Disease As the critical period of the year as regards Acarine disease is during the winter months, when owing to lack of foraging, and the practical absence of brood production, the average age of the bees composing the colonies. Becomes high, and infection, where present, spreads with extreme rapidity, it is necessary to prepare for this period some months in advance, and to ensure the absence of infection within the colony before the advent of winter. In order to carry out this programme efficiently, the treatment should commence immediately after the termina tion of the honey ow of the district. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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