13 FOUL BROOD IX BEES. 



TO DISINFECT HIVES AND OTHER IMPLEMENT.^. 



Wush and rinse well in a warm solution (about 90 degrees Fahr- 

 enheit) of No. 3, eveiything you lianrlle or touch, <ir having come 

 in c intact witii foul brood, yourself and the outer garments you 

 ■wear not excepted. 



HOW TO PREPAEB THE SOLUTIONS. 



Solution No. 1— Pnre salicylic acid 10 gramme;:. 



Alcohol of 95° or of 0.8157 sp. gr. 100 gi-amme^\ 

 Keep in well corked bottles. 



Solution No. 2— Tnke of S.il. No. 1 30 00 



S-ft water 500 00 



Solution No. 3 -Take of Sol. No. 1 22 00 



Soft water 500 00 



Solution No. 4-Take of Sol. No. 1 14 00 



Soft water 500 00 



Solution No. 5— Take of Sol. No. 1 10 00 



Soft wnter 1000 00 



Good honey 700 00 



Boil the water and add the honey while boiling, and then add 



Solution No. 1, amounts as given above. 



.Solution No. 6— Take of Sol. No. 1 5 CO 



Soft water 1000 CO 



Good honey 700 00 



Prepare as Solution No. 5. 



PHETHER EXPLANATIONS AND DIRECTIONS. 



It is absolutely necessary to adhere .-trictly to the above given 

 proportions of the different solutions to be sure of success. For 

 this reason I have not deemed it advisable to reduce the French 

 weights and measures, which are employed in Germany, especially 

 in all scientific works, to our system of weights and measures ; the 

 more so, as those employed by grocers and bee keepers are different 

 from those of the' druggists, and as a bee-keeper, or any person 

 engaged in curing foul brood, has to have "graduates," to avoid 

 going to a druggist to get correct measures, sometimes several miles, 

 and as these graduates do not cost more in one denomination 

 than in the other; I have retained those being in use by scientific 

 men all over the world. Besides that, a reduction would involve 



