HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



sealed tin box; so that any beekeeper may 

 determine beyond the shadow of a doubt just 

 what disease he has to contend with. 



The usual treatment for black brood up to 

 a short time ago was identically the same as 

 that used for American foul brood, but dur- 

 ing recent years the late Mr. Alexander, of 

 Delanson, New York, experimented for a 

 considerable period and finally discovered a 

 treatment that seems to be effective in every 

 case. His plan was to remove from every 

 diseased colony its queen, and by cutting out 

 all queen cells already started, leave the 

 colony in a hopelessly queenless condition for 

 at least three weeks, during which period no 

 new brood developed. During this time all 

 of the healthy brood in the hive will hatch, 

 and the colony, in anticipation of a new queen, 

 will, as all queenless colonies do, clean out and 

 polish every cell for the new eggs; this clean- 

 ing and polishing process seems to eradicate 

 the disease completely. Some beekeepers were 

 not very successful in following this method, 



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