BEE CULTURE. 87 
WOOD-ZINC HONEY-BOARD. 
This is made of alternated strips of wood (1} inches wide) 
and perforated zinc (} of an inch wide), with one row of 
Fie. 58. _Wood-fine Slatted Honey-Board. 
holes. The zine strips are held in place by fitting into saw- 
kerfs on the sides of the strips of wood. It can be made to 
fit any hive. 
BEE-DIARRHEA. 
Bee-diarrhea in the latter part of winter and carly spring 
is a malady that affects some apiaries. The bees discharge 
their excrements over the hives and combs, producing a 
dark appearance and offensive odor. The cause is either 
fermented honey, improper food, long confinement, or too 
warm and poorly-ventilated quarters. Give them good 
capped honey and a cleansing flight. If too cold for this, 
out-of-doors, take the hive into a warm room, make a box, 
with the front and top made of wire-cloth or mosquito 
netting, adjust it to the entrance, so that the bees must 
enter it on leaving the hive. This will usually prove an 
effectual remedy. : = ee 
FOUL BROOD DISEASE. 
Foul brood is the rotting of brood in a hive ; the caps of 
the sealed brood appear indented and shriveled, and the 
larve and young beesin unsealed cells become putrid, 
emitting a disgusting stench. 
When the disease has a firm hold, even though it may be 
possible to cure it, we should advise the total destruction by 
tire, of the bees, combs, frames and hives, with everything 
which might harbor the disease. In its primary stages it 
may be cured in this way: With an atomizer (Fig. 37) 
spray the hive, bees, brood, honey and combs with a solution 
of salicylic acid, borax and rain water, repeated on the 
sixth day. Remove the diseased brood from the hive, and 
give them capped honey—if not too far advanced, this may 
give relief. 
