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box or skep until a few began to drop exhausted from the 

 ckister. They were then returned on to frames with starters 

 or foundation, and having consumed all the diseased honey 

 while in confinement, the complaint did not again appear. 

 Though sometimes recommended, the honey is not worth the 

 risk of feeding back to the bees after boiling ; then there is 

 the extractor contaminated, and a hundred other chances of 

 extending the operations of the disease by a little carelessness 

 or want of thought by the inexperienced. 



Both Mr. Cowan and Mr. Cheshire appear to consider 

 that honey does not contain the germs of disease ; but that 

 it does, and is the most fatal means of communicating foul 

 brood, I have had opportunities of proving to my own cost. 



Everything used when manipulating a diseased stock, 

 including the hands, must be thoroughly disinfected before 

 another hive is opened, and in every way the bee-keeper 

 should be on his guard ; 



" CAUTION ! " 



must be his watchword, and extreme vigilance will bring its 

 early, reward. 



Another Plan of Immediate Renovation 



of my own is carried out by placing diseased bees immediately 

 upon a new set of combs, the whole of which have just 

 previously been filled with phenolated syrup by the aid of a 

 large syringe, as explained later under " Feeding." The 

 novice will do better to destroy every vestige of the original 

 combs at once, together with the frames and hive, if not of 

 much value ; but the more experienced bee-keeper might think 

 it worth while to save them. In that case every capped cell of 

 food and brood must be raked open, and those combs in like 

 manner be filled with phenolated syrup, immediately after 

 being cleared of the bees. These combs may then be returned 



