FOUL-BROOD. 451 
“ The formula of the mixture is as follows: 
16 gr. salicylic acid 
16 gr. soda borax, 
1 oz. water. 
“T keep on hand a bottle of this mixture, so as to he always 
ready for an emergency ; also a druggist’s ounce glass, so that I 
may know what Iam doing. My food was honey, with about 25 
per cent. water added. But we may feed honey or sugar syrup, 
adding to every quart of food an ounce of the above mixture. 
Bees being without comb and brood, partake of it readily, and 
by the time their comb-foundation is built out, you will find your 
colony in a healthy and prosperous condition. 
“Thus you see foul-brood can be rooted out completely, and 
without anextraamount of trouble, provided you are sufficiently 
impressed with its dangerous, insidious character, and are pre- 
pared to meet it promptly on its first appearance. 
“ When an atomizer is used on combs and larve the medicine 
should be only half as strong as given in the formula.” 
793. Since our friend Muth wrote the above, Hilbert 
improved the method, by dispensing with soda borax, and 
adding to his treatment fumigations with evaporating sali- 
cylic acid. We give this new method, for it has been used 
successfully by Mr. Bertrand and several of his neighbors 
in a number of different apiaries. 
Prepare: 
Solution No. 1, 
Crystallized salicylic acid 1 oz, 
Pure alcohol, 8 oz. 
With this mixture prepare: 
Solution No. 2, for washing or sprinkling the combs with 
an atomizer, 20 drops of solution No. 1, mixed with 7 
ounces of tepid rain water, or 200 drops in a pint of water. 
Solution No. 8, to be used in the food of the bees, about 
220 drops of solution No. 1 in a quart of syrup or honey 
boiled with about a fifth of tepid water. To avoid the 
trouble of counting the drops every time, it is advisable to 
put them, the first time in a graded vial, or in a small bottle 
in which a mark can be made for the repeated measurement 
