The American Apicultiirist 



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VOL. II. 



SALEM, MASS., DECEMBER, 1884. 



No. 12. 



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FOUL BROOD. 



BY J. E. POND, JR. 



The readers of the " Apicultiir- 

 ist " do not need any description 

 of foul brood, neither do they need 

 be told that it is more to be dreaded 

 than all other diseases to which 

 their bees are liable. All this they 

 know full well ; the matter of great- 

 est interest to them is, as to whether 

 an easy and speedy cure, and one 

 that can be accomplished without 

 loss of hives and comb has been 

 discovered. If we can believe the 

 truth of the statements of Mr. F. 

 Cheshire of England, such a remedy 

 has been found. For years total 

 destruction by fire has been ad- 

 vised by our ablest apiarists as a 

 matter of economy in handling col- 

 onies affected with foul brood. 

 The great loss that this would oc- 

 casion to the owners of large apia- 

 ries has led to investigation of a 

 most thorough and searching nature 

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both in regard to the cause and 

 means of cure of the malady, which 

 investigations have left the proper 

 means to be used still somewhat in 

 doubt. One advises the starvation 

 plan, and insists that by no other 

 means can a cure be accomplished. 

 Another recommends the use of 

 salicylic acid, both in the form of 

 spray, and bj'^ feeding in combina- 

 tion with honey or syrup. Others 

 still advise fumigation with salicy- 

 lic acid, and others still with cam- 

 phor and ammonia. Each of these 

 advisers is strenuous in urging 

 that their plan is the only safe and 

 sure one to be used, but none of 

 them have given us any scientific 

 reasons in regard to the same. Mr. 

 Math of Cincinnati, Ohio, to be 

 sure gives us his method of treat- 

 ment with the acid, and claims to 

 have performed many cures in his 

 own apiary and in the apiaries of 

 others, but the plan that he advises 

 even though it may be absolutely 

 safe and certain calls for so much 

 labor and complication in its appli- 

 cation, that nian3^ would be deterred 

 from attempting it. Mr. Frank 

 Cheshire of England gives us a 

 method of cure, which is easy and 

 simple in its application, and in- 

 volves no loss whatever. Mr. Ches- 

 hire is well known as a scientist, 

 and an enthusiastic beekeeper. 

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