10 FOUL BROOD. 



the bees not fully prevented. This is wrong. Even if there were no 

 danj;er from disease, the hive should be closed as soon as the colony 

 is dead, and the refuse from the wax extractor burned, never leaving it 

 where the bees can get at it. Such carelessness encourages robbing 

 and is an important factor in the spread of the disease. The extractor 

 need not be discarded nor the practice of cellar wintering, but every bee- 

 keeper should make himself acquainted with the disease, keep a vigilant 

 watch, and stamp it out as soon as it appears. To leave one diseased 

 colony in an apiary may mean the total ruin of all the other colonies. 

 Even one drop of infected honey, if left where the bees have access to it, 

 may mean the infection of the whole apiary. The owner must then take 

 extreme precautions to prevent the entrance of the disease. He must 

 even go to the trouble of rendering his hands, and whatever tools he 

 uses, antiseptic by washing them in a three per cent solution of carbolic 

 acid, which would be about four teaspoonfuls to a gallon of water. Or 

 a solution of corrosive sublimate, using one-eighth ounce of the drug to 

 one gallon of water. Right here it should be remembered that corrosive 

 sublimate is a deadly poison, and one that must be handled with great 

 caution. A very small amount spilled on the honey or comb intended for 

 use will convert it into a violent poison. The disease may be trans- 

 mitted to a healthy stock simply by the operator handling the frames of 

 the healthy one after he has been examining a diseased colony. It is 

 impossible to be too careful. For the man who does not wish to take the 

 above precautions, the best method of procedure for him to rid his 

 apiary of the disease is to burn all infected colonies and apparatus. 



The following is the Michigan statute, which was passed at the 1901 

 session of the legislature. It provides for an inspector for the suppres- 

 sion of the disease in Michigan. 



We are indebted for much of the subject matter of this bulletin to 

 N. E. France, Inspector of Apiaries of Wisconsin, William McEvoy, 

 Inspector of Apiaries of Canada, and to Prof. F. C. Harrison of Guelpb. 



The People of the State of Michigan enact: 



Section 1. The Dairy and Food Commissioner upon receipt of a certi- 

 fied copy of the record of the Michigan State Bee-keepers Association, 

 by the secretary of said association, showing that a majority of the 

 members of said association recommended the appointment of an inspect- 

 or of apiaries, shall appoint a State Inspector of Apiaries. Said inspector 

 shall be responsible to the Dairy and Food Commissioner and shall 

 comply with such rules and regulations as the Dairy and Food Commis- 

 sioner shall from time to time prescribe for the carrying out of' the 

 work of said State inspector. 



Sec. 2. The Dairy and Food Commissioner shall, when notified 'in 

 writing by the owner of an apiary or by three disinterested taxpayers in 

 the vicinity of the apiary, cause the inspector to examine such apiaries 

 as are reported and all others in the same locality not reported, and 

 ascertain whether or not the disease known as foul brood or other con- 

 tagious disease exists in such apiaries, and if satisfied of the existence of 



