FOUL BROOD IN BEES. 11 



means to raise a new queen, wbich is preferable to giving them a 

 fertile queen, as the colony should be prevented from raising brood 

 until hive and bees have been thoroughly disinfected. Queens have 

 even been knos^n whose eggs would not hatch at all. Such cases 

 are, of course, of very rare occurrence ; but it is best to mention 

 them here, that bee-keepers who have a case of apparently incura- 

 ble foul brood may be prepared to meet the same. 



TEEATMBNT OP FOUL BEOOD. 



A bee-keeper who does not discover foul brood before his nostrils 

 remind him that something must be wrong with his bees, is not the 

 proper person to treat the case ; for, most likely, the colony would 

 be so far gone as not to pay for the trouble, and the best he could 

 do would be to brimstone the bees late in the evening, when all are 

 in ; burn everything except the hive, taking care .chat no bees can 

 get to it before it is thoroughly disinfected. 



TO TEEA.T A COLONY WHICH IS BADLY DISEASED. 



If the colony is yet quite strong, but the brood nearly one-half or 

 more diseased, disinfect the bees by spraying them with an atom- 

 izer, with Solution No. 3, heated to 90 degrees Fahrenheit ; put 

 them into a new or well disinfected hive, on no more combs than 

 I hey can cover well, removing also all parts of such comb as contain 

 dead brood, and feed 85 CO of Solution No. 5 every day. Every 

 three or four days the bees must be sprayed with Solution No. 3, 

 If the colony is put on foundation' (don't put them on already built 

 oat combs), in a fcTV days brood will appear, when the feed must be 

 changed from No. 5 to No. 6 Solution. If during the honey bloom, 

 bees will need no further assistance ; but if honey is scarce, they 

 must be fed witfc good honey or sugar syrup, and a substitute for 

 pollen provided. To prevent spread of the contagion, moisten the 

 entrance of all the hives in the apiary every evening with Solution 

 No. 2. 



TO-TEBAT A COLONY ONLY A LITTLE DISEASED. 



Gut out the comb containing decayed larvee. Disinfect the bees 

 by spraying them with Solution No. 3, heated to 90 or .95 degrees 

 Fahrenheit; do this on empty comb, not on their brood frames- 

 Disinfect brood, honey and pollen by spraying them every three or 

 four days with Solution No. 4. Put bees and frames in a new or 

 well disinfected hive, and feed them every day 80 CO of Solution 

 No. 6. 



