FOUL-BROOD. 451 



" The formula of the mixture Is as follows : 

 Hi gr. salicylic acid 

 IG gr. soda borax, 

 1 oz. water. 



" I keep on hand a bottle of this mixture, so as to be always 

 ready for an eniersenoy ; also a druggist's ounce glass, so that I 

 may know what I am doing. My food was honey, with aboufi.") 

 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 an extra amount 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 larv* the medicine 

 should be only half as strong as given in the formula." 



793. Since our friend Muth wrote the above, Hilbert 

 improved the metliod, by dispensing with soda borax, and 

 adding to liis treatment fumigations with evaporating sali- 

 cylic acid. We give this new method, for it has been used 

 successful!}- by Mr. Bertrand and several of his neighbors 

 in a number of different apiaries. 



Prepare : 



Solution Xo. 1, 



Crystallized salicylic acid 1 oz, 

 Pure alcohol, 8 oz. 



With this mixture prepare : 



Sohitioii Xo. 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 Xo. 3, to be used in the food of the bees, about 

 220 drops of solution No. 1 in a quart of sj-rup 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 



