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warm, do not wring it out ; and continue this once a week 

 until satisfied al) is well. 



(4) If desired to feed. Use only half-teaspoonful to 

 I2lb. of sugar made into syrup. 



(5.) The Water Supply. One teaspoonful of Izal to 

 ten quarts ot water. 



Foul Brood annihilated by Izal. 



Experiments conducted by myself have placed Izal 

 beyond all other applications that can be used for the 

 purpose of curing this disease ; though for some years I 

 have been unable to continue personal experiments, 

 because, fortunately perhaps, the disease cannot exist side 

 by side with the continued use of this germicide, as is my 

 own practice during all .manipulations I carry out in the 

 apiary. 



Its name, its nature, and its efficiency, should be made 

 known to every struggling bee-keeper, who too often falls 

 under after using the many useless applications he has 

 been told to apply, in the face of repeated failures known 

 to have occurred where such have been tried. 



At my recommendation, many bee-keepers have 

 absolutely expelled the disease from their apiaries by the 

 •use of Izal. Phenol and many other supposed remedies, 

 hitherto advocated, have been obnoxious to the bees, if 

 not absolutely poisonous both to them and the operator ; 

 whereas Izal is not only harmless, but is decidedly liked 

 by them ; so much so that if the Izal bottle is left exposed, 

 bees will frequently crowd into it, as if it were honey or 

 sugar. This is a very great point gained in the treatment 

 of the dread plague, as syrup to which the remedy has 

 been added, is readily accepted at all times. 



I have not space to give all the remarkable cures 

 effected, but one or two will suffice. A working man who 



