BEEKfiEPING FOR CONNECTICUT. 445 



STRONG and the infection is SLIGHT, or less than above stated, 

 by removing the old queen and introducing a young one of good 

 Italian stock ten days later. This results in the cessation of egg- 

 laying for several days, allowing the colony a chance to clean up 

 the decayed matter. The dequeening method should not be used 

 in the treatment of American Foul Brood, which can -best be cured 

 only by the shaking method. When treating by the shaking 

 method, it is best to select a time when there is some honey coming 

 in, as there is less danger of robbing and the colony will require no 

 further feeding. 



If, however, it is decided to treat immediately, and there is no 

 honey coming in, it should be done towards night when few bees 

 are fij^ng, so as to avoid infecting other colonies. For this reason 

 care should be taken not to spill or drop any honey where bees will 

 have access to it. If no honey is coming in, feed a pint of sugar 

 sirup each night for a week or until the bees are nicely started. 

 Never use honey for feeding if it can be avoided. 



Disinfection. 

 All tools, as well as the hands, should be washed thoroughly 

 and the inside of the hive scorched with fire. A plumber's torch is 

 best for this purpose but the hive can be moistened with kerosene 

 oil and lighted, and when sufhciently scorched the fire can be ex- 

 tinguished' with a blanket thrown over the hive. The combs 

 should be melted into wax and the refuse burned or buried, and 

 not left where bees can visit it. 



Apiarv Inspection in Connecticut. 



Since 1909 apiaries in Connecticut have been inspected for foul 

 brood diseases, as provided by Statute, the supervision of the 

 work being in charge of the State Entomologist. Two inspectors 

 are employed on a per diem basis, as follows : Mr. H. W. Coley, 

 Westport, Inspector for Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex and 

 New London Counties; Mr. A. W. Yates, Hartford, Inspector for 

 Litchfield, Hartford, Tolland and Windham Counties. Permanent 

 records of these inspections are kept in the office of the State Ento- 

 mologist at New Haven, and accounts of each season's work have 

 be^n pubHshed in the Reports of this Station as follows : 



1910, page 669; 1911, page 275; 1912, page, 223;' 1913, page 

 19s; 1914, page 126; 191S, page 95; 1916, page 78; 1917, page 242. 



