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A. Yes, it may disappear, to all appearance, although the 
seeds of disease are there all the while. 
Q. Can foulbrood be cured without destroying all the bees ? 
If so, how? 
A. No need to destroy the bees; the disease is only in the 
brood. The McEvoy plan is generally fised in curing. In the 
honey season, when the bees are gathering freely, remove the 
combs in the evening and shake the bees into their own hive; give 
them frames with comb-foundation starters and let them 
build comb for four days. Ihe bees will make the starters into 
comb during the four days and store the diseased honey in them 
which they took with them from the old comb. Then in the eve- 
ning of the fourth day take out the new combs and give them 
comb foundation to work out, and the cure will be complete. 
Q. How early in spring can bees be treated if they have foul- 
brood? 
A. Usually no treatment is undertaken until bees are busy 
gathering. 
Q. ' How many days shall I wait after treating a colony by 
shaking before I can give honey or brood, if they really need it 
to keep from starving or dwindling on account of no young bees? 
A. Perhaps five days. There ought really to be no need of 
feeding, for the attempt at cure should be undertaken only at a 
time when honey is coming in. 
Q. How long is a colony immune to the disease after starting 
all over with fresh foundation? 
A. Just as long as you are immune to the itch after being 
cured of that troublesome malady. In other words, if the cure 
of foulbrood is complete today, and tomorrow the cured bees have 
access to some foulbroody honey, you may count on their being 
diseased again. 
Q. If a colony that has a few cells of American foulbrood 
swarms and that swarm is put into a hive containing frames with 
full sheets of foundation will it be in danger of having American 
foulbrood later on? Or is it necessary to use something like the 
McEvoy treatment? 
A. Yes, it is in danger; but that ‘later on” must not be carried 
too far. If the disease does not appear in the first batch of brood, 
you need not expect it “later on.” But if there are, as you say, 
only a few diseased cells in the parent colony, the probability is 
that the swarm will be healthy. 
Q. Ought I to use brood-frames which contain perfect combs, 
