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Texas Department op Agriculture. 



other contagious diseases, must be promptly reported to the State 

 Foul Brood Inspector. There should be no hesitancy about making 

 these reports, as it is for the good of all concerned if prompt action 

 is taken. 



GIVING TREATMENT. 



When bees are not inclined to rob, the diseased colonies may be 

 treated safely without danger of spreading the disease to healthy 

 colonies. It becomes necessary, therefore, never to undertake this un- 

 less during a honey flow when the bees are busy and will not molest 

 when the diseased colonies are being manipulated. Toward evening, 

 when most of the bees have ceased to fly, all the bees from the combs 

 of the hive of the diseased colony are brushed into a clean hive, 

 placed on the original stand, and containing frames with only narrow 

 starters of comb foundation. The honey that the bees carry with 

 them in their honey sacs will be consumed, and the wax produced 

 will be used in drawing out the starters in a few days. After this 



Wholesale treatment of foul brood. 



time they should be shaken into another hive containing full sheets 

 of foundation in the frames, and the bees should be fed a little daily 

 if a new supply of nectar is not to be had. 



The combs from the diseased colonies, from which the bees have 

 been brushed, should be burned immediately, preferably in a hot 

 brush fire built in a pit that has been previously dug for the purpose. 

 This pit is to prevent diseased honey and melted wax from flowing 

 over the ground and away from the fire and is to be filled up again 

 over the ashes, being sure to shovel in the ashes and the soil next to 

 the pit first, which may contain honey that dropped on the ground 

 and remained unburned. The hives should be burned also, unless 

 they are of a standard pattern, in which case they should be properly 

 treated before using again. This is done by painting the inside with 

 coal oil, tiering them up in a pile and then throwing into them a 

 handful of straw previously lighted. The flames are allowed to 

 singe the interior surfaces until they are charred, when a cover is 

 quickly placed over them, and all drafts cut oflp by closing all the 

 openings of the hives. Making sure that the flames are entirelv ex- 



