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Once a colony is attacked, its end is certain unless the necessary 

 remedies are applied. 





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American Foul Brood. 



Treatment of American Foul Brood. — As before, all work should 

 be performed at evening, when the bees have finished flying for the 

 day. 



Brush or shake all bees and queen off the combs into a skep or 

 receptacle. Allow them to remain in a fasting condition for forty- 

 eight hours. Then transfer to a clean hive, with frames fitted with 

 starters only. Re-queen with Italian or Dutch strains. Destroy all 

 brood combs and quilts. If the hive is worth keeping, scrape the 

 interior of all wax and propolis, collecting such matter, which must 

 afterwards be burnt. Wash the inside and outside with soapy water, 

 to which a disinfectant should be added, such as Calvert's No. 5 car- 

 bolic acid. Scorch the interior of the hive to destroy all sources of 

 infection. 



Sac Brood.. — Sac Brood is sometimes called Pickled Brood. 

 The larvse die in the cells, but the remains, instead of decomposing, 

 as in the case of Foul Brood, into a fluid condition, become attached 

 to the side of the cell in, the form of a sac. This form of the disease 

 is often confused with the other two forms of Foul Brood, but in this 

 respect the beekeeper need not have any doubt, as the cell-content is 

 odourless. Cappings will also be noticed with minute holes, showing 

 that the work of covering the brood cells was imperfect. Starved or 

 ill-nourished brood would be a better name. A young and prolific 

 queen, together with a new comb or two, will usually effect a oure. 



