no THE BOOK OF THE HONEY BEE 



Never manipulate infected and healthy stocks indis- 

 criminately. 



After handling a diseased stock, wash with carbolic 

 soap, and spray the clothing with weak carbolic. 



Destroy all probes immediately after use. 



Remember that although it is comparatively easy to 

 destroy the bacillus, it is well nigh impossible to destroy 

 the spores in the presence of live bees and brood. 



Hopelessly infected stocks should be burnt, lock, 

 stock, and barrel. 



Honey taken from infected hives, although containing 

 both bacilli and spores, is not spoilt for consumption, 

 but great care should be taken that no bees gain access 

 to it. Repeated boilings at intervals will ultimately 

 sterilize it, but even, after being so treated, it is not wise 

 to use such honey for bee-feeding. 



Formalin is being used by the expert of the Irish 

 Congested Districts Board for the treatment of stocks 

 affected with foul brood. 



A large hole is made in the floor boards, covered with 

 perforated zinc on the upper side, and a sliding shutter 

 beneath. A sponge, saturated with a lo per cent, solu- 

 tion of formalin, is placed within the cavity. 



Twenty-six stocks, affected with foul brood in the 

 summer of 1900, were isolated and treated continuously 

 with formalin. Examined in the early summer of 1901 

 foul brood was discovered in only five of the stocks. 

 The healthy stocks, when again examined during the 

 summer of 1902, were apparently still healthy. 



Dysentery 



Dysentery usually manifests itself during winter and 

 early spring, and is generally caused by the bees feeding 

 on unripe, unsealed, or fermented stores. Hence the 

 advisability of feeding up all stocks in good time, so 



