The Honey Bee 1429 



It is well and perhaps best to use frames containing foundation 

 starters at the first, and full sheets at the last shaking, melting 

 up the starters by boiling into wax. The old hive may be used 

 without disinfection if desired, at the first shaking. In treating 

 colonies it is always safest to shade them for several days, from 

 the direct rays of the sun, and to ventilate them well, as the bees 

 will be less inclined to abscond. If desired, a queen excluder may 

 be placed on the hive to retain the queen. It is also well to have 

 the queens clipped. 



Fair success has been obtained by shaking but once, but should 

 the disease reappear it will be necessary to repeat the operation. 



When diseased colonies have a large amount of brood at time 

 of treatment, it may be placed together in a hive after the bees 

 are shaken off, and set over a weaker diseased colony, or several 

 hives of this brood may be tiered up over one colony and shaken 

 later, when the brood has mainly hatched — say in two weeks. 

 Care must be taken, however, that no robbing from these combs 

 occurs. Also, contract the entrance well. 



Treatment Number Two 



Colonies that are found to be diseased too late in the season to 

 treat by the aforesaid method, may, after brood rearing has 

 ceased, be shaken off of their combs on to full combs of honey 

 that are positively free from all infection. 



If it is desired to disinfect the old hive it may be done in the 

 following manner : 



Paint the entire inner surface of the hive with kerosene oil, 

 fire the same and allow it to burn until the surface is blackened, 

 then throw half a cup of water into the burning hive and quickly 

 put a cover on, which will instantly extinguish the flames. 



AMERICAN FOUL BROOD 



This disease differs materially from the foregoing, being less 

 malignant and more easily controlled ; inasmuch as it spreads less 

 rapidly, however, it is not to be trifled with, as it is also conta- 

 gious and devastating when neglected. It exists in some sections 

 of this state, also at various points throughout the United States 

 and Canada. 



