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condition, and that would be where I contemplated an immediate move 

 of the treated colonies. 



If one has a yard in which one-third or one-half the colonies are in- 

 fected it would be my advice to put the whole thing through a treatment 

 at one time and clean up clean, providing he is reasonably sure that he 

 has the source of his infection out of the way. 



In severe cases and for beginners the McEvoy treatment is probably 

 the best, although there are other good plans and some short cuts. 



The McEvoy treatment is to shake onto inch starters and in three days 

 shake onto full slieets of foundation and burn or render up all the old 

 combs and the part built on the starters. 



My short cut for this method is to shake onto full sheets of foundation, 

 placing one dry, clean drawn comb in the center of the hive, then if the 

 shake is made in the morning, I go late in the evening and quietly with- 

 draw the comb, brush the bees off and replace with a full sheet of foun- 

 dation. If the shake is made in the afternoon I wait until morning to 

 exchange the comb. 



It is necessary to be very careful with the shaking work and especially 

 in taking this one drawn comb, so as not to scatter any of the thin nectar 

 in it and to get the bees off as quickly as possible. 



The theory of this method is that all the honey carried into the sacks 

 of the bees after the first shaking, which is largely fresh nectar, will be 

 used for wax building or stored in this dry comb and fresh nectar 

 stored over it and wlien it is removed carefully, all the diseased honey 

 is gotten rid of. 



All the brood from the old colonies are set to one side in good tight 

 hives and left to hatch and at the end of two weeks these hospitals are 

 treated. 



The most essential points in the treatment of foul brood are to know and 

 locate the cases when they first start and to use all possible care in 

 the handling of the combs and honey from these colonies. 



I also believe much can be gained by breeding of queens, as I believe 

 that robbing sometimes develops into a profession with some colonies and 

 the elimination of robbing is one of the best controls of the disease. 



The sac brood with which I have come in contact has, with the ex- 

 ception of two cases, been of very little bother and a good honey flow or 

 heavy feeding have stopped it, although I have tried to change queens 

 wherever it has shown up in any number of cells. 



Black brood is a plague that so far has not come my way, and having 

 had no personal experience, do not feel capable of discussing it. 



As I understand it, it does not require such radical treatment, but that 

 it works with a greater rapidity, and for this reason requires quicker 

 action and closer attention. 



HELPS AND HINDRANCES IN DEALING WITH FOUL BROOD. 



J. W. STINE, SALEM, IOWA. 



In writing on helps and hindrances in dealing with foul brood, I found 

 it rather hard to determine which wa^ the greater, the helps or the 



