488 DISEASI^S OF BEES. 



newed iii the cotton every four days, until a cure is effected, 

 which does not usually require over a month. No combs 

 need be destroyed, as the bees clean out the dead brood. It 

 has been asserted by some writers that the oil of eucalyptus 

 causes the bees to robj on account of its strong smell. "We 

 have noticed nothing of the kind. We believe that in many 

 cases where reports have been made of a prompt curing of 

 foul-brood, the apiarist has mistaken this mild disease for 

 true foul-brood. 



