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If the disease begins in early spring it is very likely the 

 colony Will go down hill at a rapid rate, while the remnant will 

 not be worth troubhng Avith, and should be cleared out by fire 

 after sulphuring the bees. This should be done in the evening 

 when all the other stocks are quiet, taking care to foul as few 

 things as possible ; burn all you use that is not of much value, 

 and the rest disinfect thoroughly with a solution of carbolic 

 acid, i-200th part in water. If hives can be first steamed or 

 scalded it will be a great advantage. 



Rational and Simple Cures 



for foul brood have been so long known to many practical bee- 

 keepers, that it seems strange there are others quite unable to 

 cope with the disease when it makes its appearance in their 

 apiaries. The cause of this in the first instance must be inex- 

 perience, but on the other hand where the inabiUty to cure can 

 not be put down to wilful negligence it is almost certainly . 

 through want of caution. The disease has been cured in the- 

 past, and can as readily be cured to-day. There is really no 

 , excuse whatever for the continued existence of foul brood in 

 any apiary, in the light of facts already placed before bee^ 

 keepers. 



Cures have been effected, in some instances apparently, 

 by the aid of some one or other of the many much-vaunted 

 remedies to be carried out without removal or destruction of 

 the diseased combs ; but the continued advocation of these 

 plausible cures, for general appHcation, is nothing but a snare 

 and delusion, and the greatest hindrance of any to the entire 

 eradication of the disease. 



My own Experience* 



occurred some twelve years since, and a cure was effected by 

 removing the bees from their combs, arid confining them in a^ 



* "A Practical Experience with Foul Brood, and How Cured." 3d., of 

 J. Huckle, King's Langley, Herts. 



