HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



introduced by the bees from some alreadj 

 infected source. 



After the treatment of a diseased colony, 

 it is absolutely essential that all tools and 

 implements that have been used shall be kept 

 from the other bees till they have been thor- 

 oughly boiled and sterilized, if they are to be 

 used again on a healthy colony. Even the 

 clothing that was worn while treating a dis* 

 eased colony is a perfect means of transmission, 

 and there have been cases where careless 

 inspectors of foul brood have gone from a 

 diseased apiary to a healthy one without 

 change or fumigation of their wearing apparel, 

 and rendered the infection of the healthy 

 apiary almost a foregone conclusion. The 

 entrance to the hive of a diseased colony should 

 4 be made smaller to prevent the possibility of 

 robbing, and all manipulation should be done 

 late in the day after the bees have ceased to 

 fly, or serious consequences will follow. A 

 great many curative methods have been tried in 

 the past, using salicylic acid, phenol, carbolic 



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