io8 A Modern Bee-Farm 



"These hives, or those of the writer's can be ' interviewed ' 



at any tjme for the purpose of substantiating what I have 



-said." 



Another Report : Izal v. Napthaline. 



" In the year 1897 I found three of my hives were 

 affected. I had never seen Foul Brood, but I suspected 

 what it was by the grubs having a flabby appearance, but 

 I could detect no unpleasant smell. I sent a sample of it 

 to the British Bee Journal Office, and the reply was that 

 it was foul brood. The three lots I sulphured, cut the 

 combs from the frames, and burnt them ; made mead with 

 the honey and melted the wax and sold it to a local 

 grocer. The hives I scrubbed with hot soda water ; 

 finally painted the insides with crude carbolic acid and set 

 them aside ; the quilts were also burnt. I placed naptha- 

 line on the floor boards of the other hives ; then I thought 

 I was safe. But the following Spring I found every hive I 

 had affected little or much ! I did not know what to do with 

 them, and had serious thoughts of burning the whole lot, 

 and starting again with another lot of bees ; but I 

 hesitated, as that would be a great loss. Then came 

 under my notice " Foul Brood Annihilated," without 

 destroying bees or combs. I decided to try it, and pro- 

 cured a bottle of Izal ; then giving each lot a fresh hive, 

 the inside of which I well soaked with Izal solution as well 

 as the floor boards. The quilts I sprayed pretty freely. I 

 also put a little in the syrup I was feeding with and they 

 took the food alright. I notice too the bees have not 

 such an aversion to Izal as to carbolic acid. A week after 

 I repeated the process and during the third week I had 

 the satisfaction of seeing a decided improvement. A nice 

 lot of healthy larvae appeared, the bees had removed a 

 quantity of the diseased grubs and the queen had 

 deposited eggs in the vacant cells. I noticed too the bees 



