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The next found
poem that I'm going

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to read to you is the work
of E. F. Phillips, PhD,

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which shows you that a PhD
can write a notable poem.

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And its from his classic work,
The Treatment of Bee Diseases--

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[LAUGHTER]

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A publication of the
Department of Agriculture

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in Washington DC in 1911.

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I call attention
to the date-- it

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was a date at which William
Carlos Williams had hardly

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written a poem.

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This is "The Treatment
of Bee Diseases."

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The diseases of adult bees
are but imperfectly known.

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At present four are known
to beekeepers by name.

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One, dysentery.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Affects bees only in winter,
after a good cleansing

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flight the trouble
usually disappears--

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[LAUGHTER]

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But if the bees are unable to
fly they die in great numbers.

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Two, a so-called paralysis.

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Worker bees are seen
crawling in front of the hive

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with their abdomens distended.

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Frequently the bees so
affected are almost hairless.

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The cause of this peculiar
trouble is unknown

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and no remedy can
be recommended.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Three, Isle of Wight disease.

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The Isle of Wight
disease has recently

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decimated the adult bees
on the Isle of Wight

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and is said to be
spreading in England.

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So far as is known, no
trouble of this kind

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has been experienced in America.

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Four--

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[LAUGHTER]

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Spring dwindling.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Spring dwindling, is
probably due to the fact

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that the colony goes into winter
with too many old worn out

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bees.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Dwindling may be diminished
by keeping the colony warm so

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that all of the
energy of the old bees

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may be used to the
best advantage.

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[LAUGHTER]