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(a) Medicating the food. — In a bad case it is advisable 

 to extract all honey or syrup stored, medicate with Izal 

 as directed (page 21) and feed back to the bees. Fresh 

 feed should similarly be medicated. 



(b) Spraying Bees and Combs. — This is a beneficial 

 practice during the season. Use a tepid dilute solution 

 of Izal. Do not use a common rubber spray syringe, 

 but a fine vaporiser such as the Izal Simplex, damping 

 the bees thoroughly to just that extent, they will not 

 crawl away from the hive. Replace quilt quickly over 

 tops of the frames, the whole operation to take less than 

 three minutes. 



(c) Steaming. — Take a tin holding just over a pint, 

 put a small pipe through the top, attach a piece of india 

 rubber tube, put in a pint of double strength Izal solution, 

 place over a small spirit lamp and when boiling partly 

 remove the quilt of the hive, drive back the bees with 

 the smoker, put the end of the tube under the corner of 

 the quilt, and steam the bees for two or three minutes, 

 not more. 



N.B. — For Izal dilutions and medications see 

 page 21. 



