ping back, it falls over the cell and is more thick and lumpish than 

 that produced by the American Foul Brood germ. There Is one dis- 

 tinctive characteristic which designates American Foul Brood and 

 that is the scale of the pupa which has a thin thread, its tongue, pro- 

 jecting toward the roof of the cell and at times adhering to it. The 

 scales and the diseased larvae adhere to the cell, making it difficult 

 to remove them. The adhering, diseased larva as it melts down, 

 pulls down the capping of the cell, thus giving the cappings of the 

 comb a sunken appearance. The bees seem to be inquisitive and gnaw 

 holes in these sunken cappings and as these perforated, sunken 

 capped cells are scattered over the comb, they give it a pepper-box 

 like appearance. 



Treatment of American Foul Brood 



In this disease the germ is in the honey so it becomes necessary 

 to transfer the bees to a clean hive which has frames of full sheets 

 of foundation. The reason for having sheets of foundation is so the 

 bees will use the diseased honey in their honey stomachs in building 

 out the wax. There are several methods of transferring. Some of 

 these methods may be used in transferring bees from a box hive to a 

 modern hive with movable frames. 



The Shake Method: For this method the paraphernalia re- 

 quired is a receptacle, usually an old hive, for the diseased combs, 

 a hive with frames which have starter foundations, a top and bottom 

 boarn and several sheets of newspaper. Place the receptacle within 

 (^asy reach td your right and the hive to be treated to your left. 

 Place ihe hive to which you are transferring on the 'live stand of the 

 old hive so that the field bees will return to it. It is better to do 

 this transferring late in the afternoon after the bees have ceased 

 flying, in order to prevent any chance of robbing. Lay the news- 

 paper in front of the clean hive and you are then ready to begin 

 transferring. Take a frame out of the diseased hive and shake on- 

 to the newspaper, brushing off the clinging bees, and then place in 

 the receptacle. Repeat this process until all the bees have been 

 transferred to the new hive. Gather and burn the newspaper and 

 take the diseased hive and combs away to some place where the bees 

 can not get to them. To be absolutely sure of this treatment, it is 

 advisable to shake again after the combs have been drawn out. 



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