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and if I can depend upon him, I -it down and go over the " McEvoy" 

 plan with li i in very carefully, asking him from time to time if he 

 understands it. If he says that he does. I say: "Now. 1 am your 

 student; tell me what to do. When you can tell me what you arc 

 going to do, I will trusl it to you." In nearly all such cases they have 

 treated it without my assistance, and cured it. I can not recommend 

 an\ thing better than the " McEvoy " plan. 



Doctor Phillips. There i- just one thing I should wish to add to 

 that. The treatment of taking bees from the infected combs was 

 originated in L769 by Schirach, as nearly as I can find out. and if we 

 are going hack to give credit to the originator of this plan. Mr. Mc- 

 Evoy i> not the man to get that credit. 



Mr. (i. W. York (Illinois). Was not the plan original with Mr. 

 McEvoy? 



Doctor Phillips. It was probably original with him. but it was 

 advocated long before in many European works. 



Mr. Smith. The ground has been thoroughly covered by Mr. 

 France. Two years ago Mr. France said to me: "Now. Smith. I 

 have tried almost everything, but I find the 'McEvoy * plan the best. 

 My advice is to use the ' McEvoy * treatment, as I have done." I have 

 only had one case this year where I have had to make a second 

 transfer, and I found that to be due to infection from a neighbor'- 

 colony that I did not get to treat the first time, but which subsequently 

 was treated, and the bees were all right. I have no trouble, and I 

 have great confidence in shaking. I don't alarm the bees. I shall 

 give my method. In treating a diseased colony I use an extra hive. 

 to which the bees are to be transferred, and an additional empty hive. 

 in which I place the infected frames after the bees are -ha ken from 

 them. The last mentioned is covered with a cloth to prevent other 

 bees from robbing. First I move the old infected hive back, and in 

 its place put a clean hive containing clean frame-, with strips of 

 foundation. The frames are lifted from the old hive, shaken in front 

 of the new hive, and then covered up in the third hive, which is used 

 to store infected frames. This is all done in the middle of the day. 

 If there is no honey in the field, the colony should be fed well at 

 night. 



Mr. J. Q. Stone (Illinois). How do you treat the old hive? 



Mr. Smith. I either burn out the hive, paint it with kerosene oil 

 and have it burned ottt. or wash it in strong -alt water. 



Mr. Fred Mini (Ohio). When you -hake the bees, they carry over 

 honey, do they not? 



Mr. Smith. I set the hive right on the ground. I do not jar the 

 frames hard enough to jar out the honey. 



Mr. Mi in. You -hake them oil during the middle of the day. Is 

 it not better along toward eveninir '. 



