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Foul Brood or Bee Pest 



For nearly twenty years the author of "A Modern Bee 

 Farm" has persistently advocated Izal as a simple, harm- 

 less, and the only effective remedy m the treatment of 

 foul brood. 



While he has been able to prove that the disease can 

 be cured without the aid of medicine, he has at the 

 same time been convinced that the average bee-keeper 

 must have an absolutely effectual weapon at hand which 

 will certainly check infection at the first application. A 

 complete cure must always result where the owner of 

 diseased stocks will carefully carry out the definite and 

 active course of treatment recommended by the above 

 author. 



The methods given in "A Modern Bee Farm" are 

 as follows : — 



(1) To begin with, never spray or sprinkle combs 



having a large proportion of healthy brood with 

 cold disinfectant. Place them near the outside and 

 when all living brood has hatched out, insert one 

 such comb at a time in the centre, after thoroughly 

 spraying both sides. 



(2) In commencing to treat any very weak diseased 



stock (seeing that this treatment obviates any 

 destruction of combs), first of all give the said 



