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Treatment of Foul Brood in the second stage.— If the colony is 

 in a weak condition the bees should be destroyed at once. This will 

 save the beekeeper from further financial loss by preventing other 

 colonies becoming infected. But if the colony is fairly strong, 

 remedial measures should be applied forthwith. The queen should be 

 killed. In order that the whole of the healthy brood still in the hive 

 may be brought to maturity it is advisable to keep the colony without 

 a queen for at least eleven days. Immediately the colony realises its 

 queenlessness it, will endeavour to raise a queen from the larvae in the 

 hive. To prevent this, make an examination of the colony about the 

 seventh day after the destruction of the queen, and remove all queen 

 cells in the course of construction. On the eleventh day, when practi- 

 cally all the healthy brood will have hatched, the bees should be 

 brushed or shaken off their combs and placed in a clean hive. This 

 hive must be fitted with frames into which foundation has been 

 inserted and wired. A new queen is then given, Dutch or 



Wired Frame, with Foundation. 

 Italian preferred. A little feeding with sugar syrup will help the 

 colony to build up quickly. The brood combs of the diseased hive 

 as well as the wraps must be burnt, and the interior of the hive 

 thoroughly scraped. All dirt, wax, and propolis removed by this 

 operation should be carefully collected and destroyed by fire. The 

 hive, internally and externally, should be washed and disinfected. 

 A painter's blow-lamp may be used to fire all infected parts. 



Beekeepers who are not disposed to apply this thorough treatment 



