THE DISEASES OF BEES. 



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it than to store it (which they would do if the syrup were 

 thick), and thus the disease will be more rapidly cured. 



The best feeder to use for diseased bees is Taylor's 

 "Physic" Feeder, which is manufactured by Messrs E. H. 

 Taylor Ltd., of Welwyn, 

 Herts. This feeder 



consists of framed tiers 

 of metal troughs, be- 

 tween the uppermost of 

 which and the top bar 

 of the frame a bee space 

 is provided. It should 

 be placed in the centre 

 of the brood nest by 

 removing one of the 

 frames, the object bein 



Fig. 41a.— Taylor's " Physic " Feeder. 



to get the bees to take the S37rup 

 down immediately the first sign of the disease is noticed, and 

 also to bring the syrup up to the same degree of heat as the 

 centre of the brood nest, so that volatile disinfecting vapour 

 may be given off and the syrup consumed rapidly even in the 

 middle of summer when it is often difficult to get bees to 

 accept syrup if honey is coming in very freely from the fields. 



Treatment of Foul Brood in its more 

 Advanced Stages. 



Hitherto we have only treated of those remedies which 

 will cure foul brood in itsj^r*^^ stages : when, however, a great 

 part of the brood has become coffee-coloured, and when the 

 combs contain irregular patches of brood with sunken and 

 perforated cappings to many of those brood cells that are 

 sealed, the disease has reached so advanced a stage that we 

 may be sure spores are present, and when this is the case the 

 remedies (all disinfectants) that have already Leen detailed 

 would be unable to cure the disease. 



If, therefore, the diseased stock is a weak one, the best and 

 safest thing to do will be to destroy the bees, combs, and quilts, 

 and thoroughly disinfect the hive, before our other (or our 

 neighbours') bees are contaminated by this plague. The 

 destruction should be effected in the following manner : a 

 hole about one foot deep, and a little smaller than the hive, 

 should be dug in the ground. In the evening, when the bees 



