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hive. Each frame when shaken should be quickly put upon the 

 fire. When all frames are shaken, pick up the empty hive and 

 bottom board and jar the bees ofE on the paper. 



4. Thoroughly scrape the inside of the infected hive-body, cover 

 and bottom board, burning the scrapings in the fire. Gather up the 

 nevsrspaper in front of the hive and burn. After the fire has burned 

 down, cover it with at least a foot of earth. 



As soon as the queen is in the hive a queen-trap should be placed 

 in front of the hive, or a queen excluder inserted betAveen the 

 hive-body and bottom board to prevent the queen leaving should 

 the bees attempt to swarm out. This trap or excluder shotild be 

 removed in three or four days. 



The fact should always be borne in mind that shaking isa very 

 dangerous process and is not generally recommended, especially in 

 the apiary where there are healthy colonies. By attempting to 

 save a few dollars' worth of old combs and equipment the bee- 

 keeper often loses several times that amount by infecting healthy 

 colonies. 



Suggestions : 



1. Be careful that no honey is spilled on the ground or exposed 

 in any place where bees can get at it. 



2. The old hive-body, cover, bottom board and supers from a 

 diseased colony must not be used until they are thoroughly disin- 

 fected. This may be done by carefully scorching with a blow- 

 torch or by boiling in a strong lye-water solution. 



3. After treating diseased colonies, the hands, hive-tool, smoker 

 and everything else which has come in contact with the diseased 

 honey should be carefully washed in hot soapy water. The wash- 

 ings should be disposed of where bees cannot get at them. 



4. Do not shake diseased colonies on drawn combs or frames of 

 honey. Bees carry diseased honey with them and this will be 

 stored in the empty comb. Later it will be fed to the brood and 

 the disease will reappear. 



5. Care should be taken to prevent bees drifting into neighbor- 

 ing colonies during the shaking process. If the colonies are close 

 together it may be advisable to move the diseased colonies to a 

 new location at least three miles distant, a few days before treat- 

 ing. It is perhaps safer to move the healthy colonies to a new 

 location and to treat the diseased ones in the old location. 



Where there is a large number of diseased colonies it is some- 

 times advisable to save the infected combs and honey; however, 

 it must be remembered that this is extremely dangerous and 

 requires great care or the entire apiary may be reinfected. Dur- 

 ing the process of extracting the diseased honey, the extractor, 

 honey house, supplies and other equipment may become infected 

 by coming in contact with diseased honey. As long as there is a 

 pound of diseased honey or a diseased comb left around, there is 

 danger. Few honey houses are bee-tight. Eobber-bees may gain 

 access to the infected material and reinfect the apiary. 



