You have now made an artificial swarm of this colony. It must be 

 given the conditions a new swarm likes, or it will leave and carry its 

 disease to parts unknown, or perhaps into some healthy hive in the apairy. 

 A new swarm likes plenty of ventilation and shade, and also room to 

 cluster for awhile without having to crawl in between sheets of founda- 

 tion at once. To satisfy this natural desire, it is best to place an empty 

 hive under the one containing the frames of foundation. If for any 

 reason this cannot be done, two or three frames can be left out of the 

 brood chamber for a couple of days. CDhe bees will cluster in this at 

 first, just as a swarm clusters on a tree; but they will soon go up and 

 take possession of the foundation, then the empty can be taken away. 

 This simple precaution will generally prevent the svrarming out w'hich 

 so often happens in treating foul brood; but as an extra precaution it 

 is best to use the excluder on the entrance as well. 



All combs from the supers as well as from the brood chamber of 

 the diseased colony, together with the first set of starters and whatever 

 comb is built on them, must be either burned or melted, and boiled 

 thoroughly before the wax is fit to use again. The honey that is removed 

 is entirely unfit for bee feed, even after it has been boiled for a full 

 half hour it is not safe. The only safe way to dispose of it is to burn 

 it, or else dig a hole and bury it deep enough to be out of the reach of 

 any bees. 



If directions have been followed carefully and thoroughly, the treat- 

 ment should be successful. To make sure, however, the brood must be 

 examined again in about three weeks and again the following season. 

 Please note in this connection Section 6 of the Act. 



Saving Brood. 



Brood from badly diseased colonies is of no value, and dangerous, and 

 should be burned, buried or otherw'ise destroyed at once. Brood from 

 colonies having only a few cells diseased may be placed over an average 

 colony slightly diseased, and the queen caged. In ten days treat as 

 given above. 



Saving Combs. 



It is never safe to use super-combs that have been on diseased colon- 

 ies. Even though they may appear white and clean, germs of the disease 

 are apt to lurk in them from year to year. To melt these down is no 

 serious loss, as the wax will more than make foundation for new ones. 



Disinfecting. 



Hives which have formerly contained diseased colonies, or in which 

 diseased combs have been stored or carried, should be burned over in- 

 side with a gasoline or oil torch. 



