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the cover above. When the frames from one body have been 

 removed, shift the empty body to the top of the hive body 

 now holding the diseased combs and use it to hold the next 

 set of frames. 



7. As soon as a colony has been treated, remove all infected 



FIG. 7.— DISEASE MEANS "WASTE 



In two years American foulbrood killed 120 colonies which had been 

 producing annually 12,500 pounds of extracted honey. 



combs to the storeroom before treating the next colony. 



8. Do not wait until fall or winter to melt up the wax and 

 clean the combs. Do it at once. Otherwise you are almost 

 sure to have your yard accidentally reinfected before fall. 



Even with the most careful treatment reinfection may ap- 

 pear in a few colonies either the same or following year. 

 These should be treated or destroyed as soon as a few cells 

 appear. 



The Double-Shake Treatment 



Some beekeepers recommend the "double-shake method." 

 The bees are first shaken onto frames with starters. After 

 about four days these are removed and the bees shaken a sec- 



