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tacks, and from them the bees built a considerable quantity of 

 comb. Invert such a box on the stand of the infected hive, 

 raised a little in front, and with a hiving board (233) in posi- 

 tion. Subdue the bees : close the doors : take out the frames 

 one by one : don't shake, but brush, the bees off into a large 

 sized box, or into a skep, into which brush every bee remaining 

 in the hive. Return the infected combs to the hive, and, for 

 the present, cover up carefully from marauding bees. Now, 

 hive the bees by throwing them down upon the hiving board 

 in front of the prepared box (Fig. no), or skep, already 

 placed on their old stand. The box, after the bees 



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BOX PEEPAIiED Ji'Oll DISEASED BEES. 



cluster in it, should be turned up, and a piece of 

 coarse, open canvas, having a round 2" hole in the 

 centre for feeding purposes, should be tacked on as a covering. 

 On this, supported by the laths, a feeding stage and bottle will 

 stand. The box must have a temporary roof, or covering 

 from rain or robber bees, but so that air may reach the bees 

 freely through the canvas covering, and through small gimlet- 

 holes bored in the four sides of the box. The bees may then 

 be fed with medicated syrup (Recipe 322). After four days the 

 infected honey carried from the hive will have been used up 

 as food and for comb buUding, and the diseased bees will have 

 succumbed. Prepare, accordingly, a clean hive, with four, 

 five, or six frames of foundation : place it on the old stand, 

 with a hiving board in front, and shake the imprisoned bees 

 on to the hiving board. Place a cloth, saturated with a solu- 



