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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 



foul brood. This I have proven by several experiments. 

 It must be boiled and well stirred while boiling to be safe. 



I do not believe in, or practice, burning any property, such 

 as hives, bees, beeswax or honey that can be safely treated 

 and saved. Many times it is poor economy to save all, and 

 as so many bee-keepers are not so situated as to keep all 

 s^diseased material from robber-bees while taking care of it, 

 best and only safe way is to burn the diseased combs and 

 frames. 



UTAH. 



Utah has county inspectors, and from one who has re- 

 markable success I copy the report of his method of treat- 

 ment : 



"Wherever found, it should be dealt with earnestly and 

 with dispatch. If the colony is weak, I recommend smother- 

 ing the bees, and in order to do this without letting a b^e 

 escape, take a tablespoonful of sulphur and place it in the 

 entrance of the hives, if there is any breeze, turn the hive 

 so it will blow in the entrance. Then fire the sulphur and it 

 wiU soon kill the' bees. This should be done early in the 

 morning before any of the bees are flying, as one bee escap- 

 ing .from the hive might carry the disease to any colony with 

 which it may take up its abode. If the colony is a stroqg one, 

 I would keep the entrance partly closed so as to prevent any 

 other bees from getting in. Then as soon as fruit-blossoms 

 come out so the bees can obtain honey I treat them. I pro- 

 cure an empty box of any kind so it is clean, then find the 

 queen, put her in a screen-wire cage which is easily made. 

 Take a small piece of screen, roll it up and tie a string around 

 either end, cork up one end, then place the queen and a few 

 workers for company in the cage and place in the other end 

 cork. Put same in this box and shake all the bees out of their 

 hive into the box. This must be done in the evening when 

 no bees ate flying. Keep the queen in this box 24 to 48 

 hours, allowing the bees to fly in and out as they please. 

 Next take a clean hive with good, healthy combs or founda- 

 tion and shake bees into it, letting the queen go and they will 

 be free from disease. The old combs are melted into wax, 

 bringing same to a good boil. Often washing with boiling 

 water any hives or implements that might contain disease. 

 Wherever strictly followed this has effected a cure."^C. Wil- 

 cox, Emery Co., Utah. 



PICKLED- BROOD. 



Some seasons pickled brood is quite bad among bees, and 

 in a few cases I have known it to reduce large colonies, even 

 large aoiaries to doubtful hopes, but those same colonies, 

 after I gave them treatment, were in a month free from all 

 disease. Sometimes it takes as careful handling as if foul 

 brood. I do not believe it is contagious, for all I have seen 

 in 60 colonies in one apiary badly reduced by it. As an ex- 

 periment one of my out-apiaries had 50 colonies at one time 

 with pickled brood. I treated them and all were soon free 



y .-rr.' 



