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the bees, and thai is that if we treat the bee- during the honey flow 

 there is so much danger of shaking out the honey and starting the 

 disease again in that wav. The other thing with which we have to 

 contend is robbing. During a honey flow there is a good deal of 

 inside robbing almost all the time. Until we find something that 

 is absolutely sure and absolutely a good thing we -hall resort to the 

 burning of colonic- whenever we find them infected. The way we 

 use th< i lire treatment i- to inspect the yard- and then toward evening 

 we dig a pit about LO feet wide, according to the number of colonies 

 to he treated, and build a brush fire. By the time we have that 

 burning well we go to the colonies that are to be " treated" and use 

 sulphur in a smoker. The entrance is smoked a little, and this kill- 

 all the bee-. We go from one colony to another to kill the bees, to 

 keep them from lea vino- the hives in handling; we know that no live 

 bees can escape from those colonies. We remove the comb- and burn 

 them, then the bottom boards and the cover- are treated over the 

 flames. The hive bodies are stacked on a single bottom board, and 

 from a small can of kerosene we pour just a little oil from the 

 top down the sides: by throwing in some dry grass or anything of 

 that kind, which has been lighted first, the fire will -tart at the bot- 

 tom and the hive bodies will act a- a chimney. In that way we 

 scorch the hive bodies for a few minutes. As soon as these have 

 been scorched sufficiently we close up the top with a bottom board or 

 cover and close the entrance of the hive with earth: then we leave 

 them for a little while for what Ave call " steaming." 



Mr. Anderson. Is there any way of safely detecting American 

 foul brood before the cells are broken, and how long i> it after it is 

 sealed before the cap is broken? That is a question I have been di>- 

 cussing at home, and I would like to know if there is a way that it 

 <an be detected. For instance, if you have not treated a colony suc- 

 cessfully, or suppose American foul brood has been in your locality 

 and you are waiting for it. can you catch it before all the larvae are 

 exposed I 



If there are only two or three diseased cells in a colony and if you 

 cut those out. will the disease go any farther? I have read that if 

 the cell capping- are broken and you take out those particular cells 

 you will never see the disease again in that colony. I have heard an 

 inspector say that he can tell the disease in his own apiary. lie 

 claim- that there is a way to tell it before the capping is broken, and 

 he says he can take away the disease then and it will not reappear. 

 I know he can. because he ha- proved it. He can tell where foul 

 brood i- before he can actually see it. He further says that the 

 larvae are killed, but do not -how it for forty-two day- afterwards. 

 Now. I want to know if anyone else ha- found such to be the case. 



Doctor Phillips. I think his record stands alone. 



