renuiin a few minutes until the bees are all dead. Care must be 

 exercised in burning as the gasoline is inflammable. When bees 

 are killed with gasoline or sulphur great care must be taken to 

 see that the hives are bee-tight, or the bees may rush out and enter 

 neighboring hives carrying the infection with them. 



Next dig a hole in the ground about two feet deep and large 

 enough to contain all the diseased material. The size will depend 

 upon the amount of material to be burned. It should be of such 

 size, however, that the remains can be buried at least one foot below 

 the surface. Get a good fire going in the hole, using plenty of 

 wood and kerosene. Carry the hive to the hole and set it down on 

 the loose dirt or on some gunny sacks or paper spread on the 

 ground. Take the frames out and place them on the fire or stand 

 them around the edges, being careful not to smother the fire. Do 

 not scatter honey or dead bees around. Many of the bees will 

 exude a drop of honey on the tongue. This honey may be infected 

 with disease germs. Scrape the inside of the hive, cover .the bottom 

 board and burn these scrapings. After the burning is completed, 

 any papers or gunny sacks used should be put on the fire. Care 

 should be taken that all dead bees on the ground are burned or 

 covered with earth. When the material is well burned down, cover 

 with at least one foot of earth. 



Caution. Cyanogas is poisonous and the fumes are deadly. 

 Handle it with care and do not open the container in a closed 

 building. 



Do not allow any bees to escape during the killing process. Bees 

 that come in from the fields are probably not dangerous, but bees 

 that escape while the colony is being destroyed may carry infection. 



The inside of hives, covers, and bottom boards should be scorched 

 until they are a dark mahogany brown. This can best be done 

 with a blowtorch. 



Shaking Method. Treatment may be successful if carefully done 

 by an experienced beekeeper. The method known as the shaking 

 treatment is generally recommended. It is usually preferable to 

 carry out this treatment during the middle of the day, though 

 some prefer to do it late in the evening. If the colonies are close 

 together it is sometimes advisable to shake late in the evening and 

 cover up the neighboring colonies during the shaking process to 

 prevent bees from the infected colonies entering healthy ones. It 

 should be done when some honey is available in the fields so that 

 the bees will not be inclined to rob. The procedure is as follows : 



1. Dig a hole in the ground about two feet deep and large enough 

 to accommodate all the infected frames and combs. Get a good fire 

 going in this hole. 



2. Set the infected colony to one side and in its place put a clean 

 hive filled with frames of foundation or one-inch starters with no 

 empty comb. In front of this hive spread two or three thicknesses 

 of newspaper. 



3. Remove the combs from the infected colony one at a time and 

 shake or brush the bees onto the newspaper in front of the empty 



