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5. Carefully remove the frames from the diseased colony and 

 brush the bees in the empty super above the hive containing foun- 

 dation. 



6. As soon as the colony has been treated remove all infected comb 

 and hives to the honey house, the wax to he melted up and hives clean^ 

 ed immediately. 



Saving- Healtlij' Brood : If several colonies are being treated at one 

 time, it may pay to stack several hive bodies containing diseased 

 combs, over a weak diseased colony to allow the healthy brood to 

 emerge, thereby strengthening the weak colony. This colony should 

 be treated in 2 1 days and all combs rendered into wax. 



Cleaning .the equijiment- After tlie bees h;ive been brushed into 

 clean hi\'es, the next step is to prepare the hives for use again. The 

 frames should be boiled in lye wa1(T and then while hot dipped in an- 

 other tank of hot water to clean them off. The covers, bottoms and 

 hive bodies should be .scraped thoroughly on the inside, corners, edges, 

 and backs of rabbets, and then Avashed in a strong lye solution. Melt 

 up all the combs and dispose of the honey at once. Some beekeepers 

 go so far as to burn or bury all the combs on the spot. 



