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If the disease begins in the early spring and is not 
noticed, it is very likely the colony will go down at a 
rapid rate, while the remnant will not be worth troubling 
with, and should be cleared out by fire after sulphuring 
the bees. This should be done in the evening when all 
the other stocks are quiet, taking care to foul as few 
things as possible ; burn all you use that is not of much 
value, and the rest disinfect thoroughly. 
Rational and Simple Cures 
for foul brood have been so long known to many practical 
bee-keepers, that it seems strange there are others quite 
unable to cope with the disease when it makes its appear- 
ance in their apiaries. The cause of this in the first 
instance must be inexperience, but on the other hand 
where the inability to cure can not be put down to wilful 
negligence it is almost certainly through want of cautzon. 
The disease has been cured in the past, and can be as 
readily cured to-day. There is really no excuse whatever 
for the continued existence of foul brood in any apiary, in 
the light of facts now being placed before bee-keepers. 
Foul Brood a Terror no Longer. 
So many bee-keepers have been wrecked upon this 
hitherto dangerous rock, that my somewhat extensive 
treatise upon the subject may be excused by my deter- 
mination to end once and for all, if possible, those endless 
worries, and constant waste, to which sufferers have been 
subject. 
I have endeavoured to show how the disease, if handled 
in a rational manner, need have no further terrors either 
for the amateur or the commercial bee-keeper, and there 
is therefore no reason why the industry should not be 
placed upon a firmer basis than hitherto. 
