The worries of Canterbury beekeepers have been increased .by the appearance, this season, in their hives of a disease hitherto unknown m New Zealand, states the Christchurch StarSun. It appears to be ‘European foul-brood," but though tire infected brood-combs show all the symptoms consistent with this diagnosis, definite identification of the disease has not yet been announced. ‘ Specimens of infected brood are being examined by experts Like “American foul-brood, which has long plagued apiarists in.the Dominion, the European variety is a fungoid disease, but it is more easily eradicated.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24255, 25 March 1940, Page 8
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89Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Daily Times, Issue 24255, 25 March 1940, Page 8
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