BEES UNDER PROPER CONTROL. 
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and less disturbing to the bees, while to its powerful 
antiseptic property I attribute chiefly the immunity I 
have enjoyed in my apiary, for a period of forty 
years, from the much-dreaded disease of foul brood. 
Much care is required in the use of it, since it is a 
most powerful acid, blisters the skin, and is highly 
poisonous. As a bee-quieter I use it, in solution 
only, in the following proportions : — 
i^oz. Calvert’s Xo. 5 carbolic acid. 
I5OZ. glycerine. 
I quart of warm water. 
The acid and glycerine to be well mixed before adding the water, 
and the bottle to be well shaken before using. 
“ The application is very simple. A goose quill or 
a small brush, moistened with the solution, is passed 
over the alighting-board, and around and within the 
entrance. The quilt is then raised slightly and gently 
on one side of the hive, and the brush, replenished 
with solution, is passed over the frames as far as the 
centre of the hive, when the quilt is allowed to fall 
into its place. The other side of the hive is treated 
similarly, and the manipulation may then commence 
on either side, the brush being kept in readiness for 
use when required, a few passes over the tops of the 
frames occasionally being all that is required to keep 
the bees quiet. Bees thus treated are less inclined to 
form clusters, and to roll off the combs, than when 
under the influence of smoke. Another method of 
application is to steep a piece of thin calico in the 
solution, and, after wringing it, to spread it over the 
frames of the hive, when every bee will disappear. 
Cases of sections, also, may be thus cleared of bees 
