432 DISEASES OF BEES. 



' ' We did not get very satisfactory results by the use of 

 drugs, when foul-brood visited our apiary some years ago. We 

 did find, however, that they invariably held the disease in 

 check; but as soon as their use was discontinued, the disease 

 broke out again. While I do not advise one to place his sole 

 dependence on drugs, as an auxiliary to the regular treatment, 

 they might and probably would prove very efficacious. They 

 would also be very useful in preventing the breaking out of 

 the disease if all syrups fed to the bees were medicated. ' ' 



795. Ml. William McEvoy, as inspector of apiaries for 

 the Province of Ontario, seems to have been the most suc- 

 cessful man in the treatment of foulbrood. In his practice 

 he has treated thousands of cases. "VYe give his method, as 

 described by N. E. Trance, inspector of apiaries for ^Yis- 

 eonsin, who also has a most extensive experience in the mat- 

 ter. 



McEvoy treatment: "In the honey season, when the bees 

 are gathering honey freely, remove the combs in the evening 

 and shake the bees into their own hives; give them frames with 

 comb-foundation starters and let them build comb for four 

 days. The bees will make the starters into comb during the 

 four days and store the diseased honey in them, which they 

 took with them from the old comb. Then in the evening of the 

 fourth day take out the new comb and give them comb founda- 

 tion (full sheets) to work out, and then the cure will be com- 

 plete. By this method of treatment all the tainted honey is 

 removed from the bees before the' full sheets of foundation are 

 worked out. All the old foul-brood combs must be burned or 

 (Mrefully made into wax after they are removed from the hives, 

 and all the new combs made out of the starters during the four 

 (lays must be burned or made into wax on account of the 

 diseased honey that may be stored in them. All the curing 

 cr treating of the colonies should be done in the evening, so as 

 not ti) have any robbing, or cause any of the bees from the 

 dii-^eased colonics to mix ami go with healthy colonies. By 

 doing all the work in the evening it gives the bees a chance 

 to settle down nicely before morning and then there is no eon- 

 fusion or trouble. 



