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may adopt the following method : — Shake all the bees off the combs, 

 including the queen, into an old skep or box, and allow this artificial 

 swarm to remain without food for forty-eight hours. At the end of 



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this time transfer the swarm to a clean hive, which has previously 

 been fitted with frames into which foundation has been placed. 

 Ke-queen either now or in a few days' time. Destroy the receptacle 

 in which the fasting took place. 



In both cases it is advisable to destroy the brood combs and 

 quilts. The latter can be easily replaced. The hive, if a good one, 

 should, as in the preceding method of treatment, be carefully scraped 

 to remove all wax and propolis, then washed with soapy water, and 

 afterwards scorched with a painter's blow-lamp in order to destroy 

 any lurking disease spores. If a blow-lamp is not available, the 

 interior of the hive should be painted with methylated spirit and fired, 

 the flames being subdued by means of a wet bag. As before, the 

 material scraped off the hive should be carefully collected and burnt. 



Treatment of Foul Brood in advanced stage. — The last stage of 

 the disease is distinguished by the sunken appearance of the cell caps. 

 The internal decaying mass dries into the" form of a brown scale, 

 which will be seen at the base or the side of the cell. The colony 

 will have dwindled in numbers, and, as there is no possible cure at 



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