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familiar. Temporary yards are used only to shake and reestablish 

 the bees in a place where healthy colonies are not endangered. The 

 contents of the hives other than "bees should be burned with the least 

 possible delay. 



HANDLING AND DISPOSING OF HONEY FROM AFFECTED COLONIES 



The honey from a diseased colony, if it constitutes a super or more, 

 may be saved and marketed. The handling of this honey, however, 

 requires special attention. At no time should it be accessible to the 

 bees. Therefore, since no honey house is, strictly speaking, bee- 

 tight, the honey should be bottled or canned as soon as possible, every 

 vestige of honey washed from the outside of containers and from the 

 extracting equipment and honey house, and the empty combs burned. 

 No attempt should be made to recover honey from diseased colonies 

 unless there is a distinct economic saving. 



Since it is often impossible to ascertain the source of honey pur- 

 chased on the open market, such honey should not be fed to colonies 

 of bees if it can be avoided. If such honey has to be used, it should 

 first be diluted with an equal volume of water and boiled for an hour 

 in a closed vessel. Boiled honey, however, should not be fed for 

 winter stores. 



