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and if I can depend upon him, I sit down and go over the “ McEvoy ” 
plan with him very carefully, asking him frem time to time if he 
understands it. If he says that he does, I say: “ Now, I am your 
student; tell me what to do. When you can tell me what you are 
going to do, I will trust it to you.” In nearly all such cases they have 
treated it without my assistance, and cured it. I can not recommend 
anything better than the ‘“ McEvoy ” plan. 
Doctor Puiurps. There is just one thing I should wish to add to 
that. The treatment of taking bees from the infected combs was 
originated in 1769 by Schirach, as nearly as I can find out, and if we 
are going back to give credit to the originator of this plan, Mr. Me- 
Evoy is not the man to get that credit. 
Mr. G. W. Yor« (Illinois). Was not the plan original with Mr. 
McEvoy ? 
~ Doctor Purures. It was probably original with him, but it was 
advocated long before in many European works. 
Mr. Suirn. The ground has been thoroughly covered by Mr. 
France. Two years ago Mr. France said to me: “Now, Smith, I 
have tried almost everything, but I find the ‘ McEvoy’ plan the best. 
My advice is to use the ‘ McEvoy’ treatment, as I have done.” I have 
only had one case this year where I have had:to make a second 
transfer, and I found that to be due to infection from a neighbor’s 
colony that I did not get to treat the first time, but which subsequently 
was treated, and the bees were all right. I have no trouble, and I 
have great confidence in shaking. I don’t alarm the bees. I shall 
give my method. In treating a diseased colony I use an extra hive, 
to which the bees are to be transferred, and an additional empty hive. 
in which I place the infected frames after the bees are shaken from 
them. The last mentioned is covered with a cloth to prevent other 
bees from robbing. First I move the old infected hive back, and in 
its place put a clean hive containing clean frames, with strips of 
foundation. The frames are lifted from the old hive, shaken in front 
of the new hive, and then covered up in the third hive, which is used 
to store infected frames. This is all done in the middle of the day. 
If there is no honey in the field, the colony should be fed well at 
night. 
Mr. J. Q. Svone (Illinois). How do you treat the old hive? 
Mr. Smirn. I either burn out the hive, paint it with kerosene oil 
and have it burned out, or wash it in strong salt water. 
Mr. Frev Murs (Ohio). When you shake the bees, they carry over 
honey, do they not? 
Mr. Suiru. I set the hive right on the ground. I do not jar the 
frames hard enough to jar out the honey. 
Mr. Murn. You shake them off during the middle of the day. Is 
it not better along toward evening ? 
