How TO Control American Foulbrood 17 



FIG. 6.— A SOURCE OP INFECTION FOR NEARBY COL.ONIBS 



After the bees died out from American foulbrood the wax moths 

 entered and destroyed the combs in this hive. The honey which leaked 

 out was 3, source of ready infection for healthy colonies. ' 



4. Place the hive body which is to receive the diseased 

 combs to the left and rear of the colony to be treated, and put 

 the supers of foundation and empty super at the left of the 

 diseased colony. 



5. Now lift the diseased hive from the bottom board and 

 place on a tight fitting board at the right of the old stand. 

 Then place a queen excluding board on the bottom board still 

 on the old stand and set the clean hives and super on top of 

 the queen excluder. The excluder will help a great deal to 

 keep the bees from absconding. 



- 6. Slide the cover of the diseased colony slightly to One 

 side. Then lift out a frame and stand it on top of one of the 

 frames below the empty super into which the bees are to be 

 brushed. The bees may then be brushed oflf, no honey "will be 

 thrown onto the frames and less honey will be carried into the 

 new hive that! when the bees are shaken from the frames. As 

 soon as the bees are brushed from the comb, place it in the 

 hive body at the left and qover. 



If more than one hive body was on the diseased colony stack 

 them one above the other with a bee tight board below and 



