1428 Department of Agriculture 



Prompt Action Essential 



It is expected that you will treat promptly all stocks marked 

 by the inspector as diseased, and any others which may show the 

 disease later on, that he may not be compelled to resort to more 

 stringent measures. 



Treatment 



Good results have been attained in the past by treatments here 

 given, and many badly diseased apiaries cured, and the owners 

 haA'e a feeling of security and satisfaction heretofore not enjoyed 

 by them. The Italian race of hees is regarded more nearly i)n- 

 mune than other races from this disease^, and it is recommended 

 that all apiaries in or dangerously near diseased territory be 

 Italianized. 



The best time to affect a cure is during a honey flow at any time 

 after the commencement of white clover bloom. 



If stocks are weak to medium, unite a sufficient number to make 

 them as strong as a good prime swarm. 



In any treatment, when confinement of the bees is prescribed, 

 they may be placed in cheap, light boxes of sufficient size, say a 

 bushel or more, or, if preferred, in the old hives before disin- 

 fection. Be sure that they are bee tight. Cover one of the 

 largest sides with wire cloth. In re-hiving place them in new, 

 clean or disinfected hives. 



In any of the several treatments herein given, the use of foun- 

 dation starters in the primary treatment is optional. When re- 

 hiving the bees they may, if preferred, be placed upon starters 

 instead of full sheets of foundation. 



In rendering wax from diseased colonies never use a sun ex- 

 tractor, but subject to heat for one hour or more over the stove. 



Some recommend as quite important the introduction of a new 

 queen at the time the bees are removed from the old comb, caging 

 the queen for several days. Be sure that she is reared in a healthy 

 colony, away from all infection, and she should be of the Italian 

 race. 



Treatment Nwnher One 



Shake off or drum out all the bees of the diseased colony, place 

 them in empty hives on the old stand for three or four days, then 

 re-hive them in new or disinfected old hives. 



