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change of queens in each of the several issues of this work ; 
and more particularly in “ Bee Chat” for 1898, where I set 
forth several definite propositions. 
Addition of Healthy Brood and Bees. 
I was able to prove that the addition of clean brood and 
bees was another very effective item in reconstructive 
management, as such augmentation of healthy bees ensured 
a more rapid recovery. 
Swarming Diseased Stocks. 
Where the disease is discovered in good time, and the 
season is favorable for honey gathering, there is no better 
way than that of dividing the colony, leaving all young 
bees on the old combs by moving them away to a distant 
stand. In this case the flying bees returning to the original 
site may have the queen and a supply of foundation. 
The young bees may rear their own queen or have one 
given them at about the same period, and by preference 
an Italian, Carniolan or Cyprian, if the latter can be mated 
to drones of either of the two first named. The starvation 
plan can be avoided if the stock is treated with Izal 
overnight, and only in that case, unless the hive can be 
removed quietly at mid-day without smoking or jarring, 
when the bees will not gorge themselves with honey. 
Clearing an Apiary at a Stroke. 
An old correspondent, a doctor, once wrote me his bees 
had become badly affected with foul brood, and he feared 
unless I could help him to quickly cure them he would soon 
be without his beloved bees. He was an enthusiast with 
an open mind, and was quite ready to act upon my advice 
—and he did, without one question. I suggested that he 
should at once remove all his queens which were natives. 
On the third day thereafter he was to exchange places, the 
