HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



introduced by the bees from some already 

 infected source. 



After the treatment of a diseased colony, 

 it is absolutely essential that all tools and 

 implements that have been used shall be kept 

 from the other bees till they have been thor- 

 oughly boiled and sterilized, if they are to be 

 used again on a healthy colony. Even the 

 clothing that was worn while treating a dis- 

 eased colony is a perfect means of transmission, 

 and there have been cases where careless 

 inspectors of foul brood have gone from a 

 diseased apiary to a healthy one without 

 change or fumigation of their wearing apparel, 

 and rendered the infection of the healthy 

 apiary almost a foregone conclusion. The 

 entrance to the hive of a diseased colony should 

 be made smaller to prevent the possibility of 

 robbing, and all manipulation should be done 

 late in the day after the bees have ceased to 

 fly, or serious consequences will follow. A 

 great many curative methods have been tried in 

 the past, using salicylic acid, phenol, carbolic 



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