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l)c(.-n mcnliuiK-cl Iktc liv anybody. In r^'tianl lo l"unii;_;atin<4 

 to cure foul hrood, I liavt- lalsrn tlic ^anu- -laml a-. Mr. 

 l^'rancc and our hesl antlKirilics, luit I tlioiiLihi ii wa-. no) 

 well to reconnnend fmnis^atinL;" on llu- L^mniid that ua' didn't 

 know vvliother it w.as snccessful ni all ca--i-. : ami. ^i-oond, 

 it is dangerous to ])nt a knife into the hand of a heginner. 

 It is dangerous to nut a remedy we are n^t --rire nf in the 

 hands of the aver.a.ge, inexjierieneed hee-keeju r. 1 had (|uiti- 

 a long talk with Dr. l'".aton, who. I ihonL'.hl. wnnJd In- here 

 to-dav. He is the chemist df ihe lllini.i- food ( '< ininii--ii m. 



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and we talked about this very matter <if formalin I'unnga- 

 tion. I said to Dr. k^aton, "Here you have a ci\]) of honey. 

 Down in the bottom of that is a spore of foul brood covered 

 with honey an inch or two deep. If you fumigate that thing 

 for a month or two witli formalin what will happen?" He 

 says, "After a while the f<:)rmalin will unite with the honey. 

 It has an affinity for water, and honey is a scdution of water 

 and something else; and you will have a compound of for- 

 malin honey, and so on." I said, ""What will be the effect 

 on this spore in the bottom (jf the lioney?" He said. "It 

 will absolutely destroy it." I said, "What do you think if 



