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worth troubling with, and should be cleared out by fire after 

 sulphuring the bees. This should be done in the evening when 

 all the other stocks are quiet, taking care to foul as few things as 

 possible ; burn all you use that is not of much value, and the rest 

 disinfect thoroughly with a solution of carbolic acid, i-2ooth part 

 in water. If hives can be first steamed or scalded it will be a 

 great advantage. 



My own Experience* 



occurred some twelve years since, and a cure was effected by 

 removing the bees from their combs, and confining them in a box 

 or skep until a few began to drop exhausted from the cluster. 

 They were then returned on to frames with starters or foundation, 

 and having consumed all the diseased honey while in confinement, 

 the complaint did not again appear. Though sometimes recom- 

 mended, the honey is not worth the risk of feeding back to the 

 bees after boiling ; then there is the extractor contaminated, and 

 a hundred other chances of extending the operations of the 

 disease by a little carelessness or want of thought by the inex- 

 perienced. 



Both Mr. Cowan and Mr. Cheshire appear to consider that 

 honey does not contain the germs of disease ; but that it does, 

 and is the' most fatal means of communicating foul brood I have 

 had opportunities of proving to my own cost. 



Everything used when manipulating a diseased stock, in- 

 cluding the hands, must be thoroughly disinfected before another 

 hive is opened, and in every way the bee-keeper must be on his 

 guard ; 



" CAUTION ! " 



must be his watchword, and extreme vigilance will bring its early 

 reward. 



Where foul brood is suspectedj every stock should be fed in 

 both autumn and spring with syrup containing the before- 



* "A Practical Experience with Foul Brood, and How Cured," 3d., of 

 J. Huckle, King's Langley, Herts. 



