1906 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



1067 



FOUL BROOD. 



H<m to Ciiiv it: a 3I(Mliticati<tn of the 3Ic- 



Evoy Plan: liow to Reiuler Diseased 



Hoiiev Fit for Keediiiir Bees. 



BY W. A. H. (ilLSTHAT. 



It is a needless waste of good property to 

 l)urn diseased l)rood with eonihs and frames. 

 The (jueen and hulk of the hees should be 

 shaken into a new hive in a new location, 

 and the brood allowed to hateh on the old 

 stand. The bees ai"e shaken from the cotlcr 

 of the brood-chamber, antl the queen nearly 

 always goes where we want her: but hives 

 are numbered and dated in duplicate, so the 

 (jueen can l)e easily located in four days. In 

 wholesale work we can not look for (jueens 

 in strong colonies in a iioney-dearth. 



It is very important t(^ have all healthy 

 stocks removed from near infected stocks 

 before the treatment is begun. If little or no 

 lioney is coming in at the time, I place a 

 comb of healthy lirood with the forced swarm 

 to keep it at home for four days, and then 

 even this brood is placed with the rest of the 

 old diseased lot to hatch. The ([ueen-right 

 colony can be given iiealthy brood, and 

 marked " cured." 



The lirood will soon hatcli from the old 

 combs, and the liees can be given an inferior 



com)) with a little brood, if only a small 

 piece is in.serted in the comb for the purpose. 

 The comb can be given a term in the solar 

 extractor, and the i-esidue put in a wax- 

 press or stove. Boil the frames. Tlie wax 

 is all riglit after melting under good steam 

 ]}ressure. The honey is good to feed l)ees 

 after lieing diluted, and then boiled ten min- 

 utes. This last statement was made by 

 Prof. Cook in The Vd/ijhniid Cidticdlor, and 

 I have pi-oven it to be absolutely correct. I 

 fear an open vessel, as it might leave soiue 

 honey slightly al)ove the water. By placing 

 the diluted honey in a screw-cap can (screw 

 off) it will boil and steam until safe. 



Four days after taking the diseased honey 

 from the old colony, all honey may be taken 

 from them, as it might l)e diseased hj this 

 time, and healthy brood and comb may he 

 given. If they have not raised a good queen, 

 which sometimes och-ui'S, they may be given 

 a ({ueen or united with some colony. 



To have brood ever pres(nit is not neces- 

 sary if honey is coming in: liut my first ex- 

 perience with foul brood was during a long 

 and severe lioney-dearth when ordinary 

 methods would not work. To c^age (pieens 

 re((uired too much exposure of honey. To 

 destroy one or two hundred dollars is serious, 

 and, when unnecessary, should not he tolei'- 

 ated. I tind no need of disinfecting or wash- 

 ing hands in handling frames or hives, if no 



A NEAKEH VIEW OF P.iOF. BIGEI.OW AND HIS (I.AS.s OF (•HILDK:<;N. 



