REMEDY FOR DYSENTERY. 85 



FIFTH. Avoid as much as possible opening or 

 otherwise disturbing the bees after they have ceased 

 to work in the fall until they commence work in the 

 spring, particularly when the temperature is below 

 60. The hives should, however, be occasionally 

 freed from all dead bees and other impure matter. 



REMEDY FOR DYSENTERY. 



FIRST. See that the bees are supplied with an 

 abundance of wholesome food. 



SECOND. If there is no immediate prospect of a 

 warm day, to allow them to fly out and relieve them- 

 selves, and the case is a bad one, remove the hive to 

 a room or other place having full light and a temper- 

 ature above 60. Attach to the entrance of the 

 hive a box having one or more of its sides made of 

 glass or wire screen, or a net similar to the one 

 recommended for catching swarms, (see plate xxxn, 

 fig. 57,) and allow the bees to fly freely in it. 



They will usually return into the hive as soon as 

 it is dark. After this exercise and their return, the 

 hive should be kept protected from cold, and no light 

 allowed to enter it. As soon, however, as the weather 

 will admit of their flying with safety, remove them 

 to a suitable stand and give them their liberty. 



All bees after they have been long confined evince 

 considerable uneasiness to fly, even when the weather 

 is quite cold ; they should be restrained by darkening 

 the hive and admitting more air. There is but little 



