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opening at the bottom, and the corners of the quilt turned up, so 

 as to allow the vapor of the acid to circulate freely. The fumiga 

 tions should be performed early in the morning, or in the evening, 

 when aU the bees are at home. The entrance of the hive need 

 not be closed. Any portion of the hive not reached by the fumes 

 of the acid, the alighting-board and ground, near the hive, should 

 be washed or syringed with salicylic acid 1 oz , so(Ja borax 1 oz., 

 water 2 quarts, or solution No. 3. It would be much better if the 

 frames could be transferred to a clean hive after fumigation, and 

 the infected hive scalded and painted over with the same solution, 

 and with this view I have adapted my hives for easy separation 

 and purification. Many hives, however, cannot be taken to pieces 

 so readily, therefore they must be disinfected on the spot as well 

 as possible, by the expenditure of a little more of the solution. 

 Each hive should be fumigated from four to six times, at Intervals 

 of six days. The bees must receive every other evening a quarter 

 ofa pint of syrup containing 30 to 50 drops of somtion No. 1. A 

 foul-broody hive should be fumigated b fore being opened, as few 

 frames left as the bees can well occupy, and if possible, the bees 

 should be forced to build fresh combs, and rapid brood-rearing 

 encouraged." 



"All the hives in the Apiary should be fed with syrup contain- 

 ing salicylic acid while the disease lasts. 



" The honey from the infected combs can be removed and boiled 

 for a short time, and by adding salicylic acid to it, can be used as 

 food for the bees. All combs should be fumigated before being 

 stored away, and sprayed with spray diffuser, on both sides and 

 round the edges before being used again, with solution No. 1. 



" All hives, floor-boards, frames, and utensils, used about an 

 Apiary should be scalded and thoroughly cleansed when done 

 with, and all woodwork painted over with the salicylic solution, 

 to prevent the disease spreading any further. 



•' If the treatment above given be adopted in time, it will effect 

 a cure, but if the disease is neglected and allowed to assume the 

 worst type, much more trouble will be experienced in its eradica- 

 tion. Some advise destroying the hives, but I never found any 

 necessity to do this, as salicylic acid is sufficient to destroy any 

 germs of the disease which may have adhered to the hive." 

 {British Bee-Keepers' Guide Book.) 



795. Mr. Cheshire, in turn, finding this process of evap- 

 orating saKcylic acid long and tedious, contrived a new 



