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buff or yellow. At this initial stage of the disease a cure can usually 

 be effected if the colony is fairly strong, but immediate attention is 

 necessary if the treatment is to be successful. 



Treatment of Foul Brood in initial stage. — The queen should be 

 destroyed and a new queen of a healthy variety, such as Dutch or 

 Italian, substituted. The colony should be given a complete change 

 of hive. This is imperative. All the old combs should be taken away 

 and burnt, and should be replaced by frames fitted with sheets of 

 worker foundation. The introduction of a fresh queen, the change 

 of hive, and the addition of new combs will materially assist in 

 checking the disease. The colony will be reinvigorated, and the 

 stamina of the future inhabitants of the hive will be greatly improved. 



In consequence of the infectious nature of the disease, all opera- 

 tions should be carried out in the evening, when the bees have finished 

 flying for the day. The beekeeper may himself be a means of spread- 

 ing the infection by carrying the spores of the disease on his hands 

 and clothes. Disinfection of everything that comes into contact with 

 the hive or hive contents should be carefully carried out. 



Comb of Brood in a Healthy Condition. 



Second stage of the disease. — If the beekeeper has failed to 

 observe the malady in the initial stage he will soon be confronted 



