88 BEE CULTURE. 
The following is Mr. D. A. Jones’ method: “Remove 
all the combs not containing brood, extract the honey and 
boil it, then it is ready to feed back. Render’the combs into 
wax and make it into foundation; boil the frames fifteen 
minutes, and fill in the foundation again, placing them in 
clean hives; drum and smoke the bees until they all fill 
themselves with honey (this is very important, for if some 
are not filled, they will die when others have plenty) ; shake 
off the bees, leaving enough to nurse the brood ; place them 
in a box covered with wire cloth, carry it to a dark, cool cel- 
lar or bee house, lay it on its side, and allow the bees to 
Fie. 60.—Hastings’ Shipping Cage. 
remain there from sixty to eighty hours, until they drop, and 
show signs of starvation; then shake them into the clean 
hives with foundation, feed them, and put them into a new 
location at least one or two miles away from the diseased 
yard. As soon as the queen and bees are removed for starv- 
ing, the hatching brood and bees should be doubled up, so as 
to have all colonies full of combs of hatching brood. The 
empty hives thus secured should be scalded for future use. 
As soon as all the brood hatches, the bees may be brushed 
off the combs after being made to fill themselves with honey, 
like the first lot, placed in boxes, and treated in the same 
way. Now bring the first lot purified back to the yard again, 
and you have all your bees and hives purified and free from 
disease, if you have done it as it should be done, without any 
loss except your time.” 
