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ber are affected and the beekeeper undertakes to stamp out the 

 disease by destroying hive, bees and all. It is also unnecessary 

 to scorch the frames but they must be scraped and cleaned of 

 wax and honey. To insure the removal of particles of crystal- 

 ized honey place the frames in boiling water for five mmutes 

 and dip in a second tank of boiling water. If the frames are : 

 loose a few extra nails will make them rigid. J 



Why Beekeepers Fail to Eradicate Foulbrood 



1. Careless manipulation during the treatment. 



2. Exposing diseased combs or honey to rob'bers. 



3. Failure to remove all infected honey from the hive body 

 ^or frames. 



4. Failure to clean up the extractor or floor of the extracting 

 house and storage room. 



5. Leaving infected honey on the floor and then setting hive 

 bodies in it after they are cleaned. The honey crystallizes 

 and may remain on the hive body until put on a colony the 

 following year. 



6. Improper attention to hospital colonies such as leaving 

 them exposed and treating, after the honey flow is over. All 

 hospital colonies should be treated before the end of the 

 honey flow. 



Brush But Do Not Shake 



Shaking bees from combs infected with foulbrood is a bad 

 practice and is always likely to scatter diseased honey where 

 bees from healthy colonies may gather it. It is possible to 

 brush bees from com'bs without spilling a drop of honey. This 

 requires but little more time than shaking. When bees are shaken 

 out of a hive there is always some danger that stray bees 

 carrying a load of honey may go into a neighboring hive. 



Bees are attracted to loose honey wherever they find it even 

 during a honey flow, and a few robber bees are always to be 

 found in the yard during a heavy flow.' 



When the treatment is finished, burn the brush. A brush 

 which has been used in the treatment of diseased colonies 

 should not be used with healthy colonies. A whisk broom or a 

 bunch of stiff grass — tied so that pieces of grass will not break 

 off — is better to use than a brush having bristles that dip into 

 the cells. If a whisk broom is used, get a soft one and cut out 

 about one-half the brush part. 



