. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. so as to be always ready for an emer- gency ; also a druggist's ounce glass, so that I may know what I am doing. My food was honey, with about I4 weight of water added. But we may feed honey or sugar syrup, adding to every quart of feed an ounce of the above mixture. Bees being without comb and brood, partake of it readilv, and by the time their comb foundation is built out, you will find your colony in a healthy and prosperous condition. Thus you see foul brood can be rooted out completely, and without an extra amount of trouble, provided you are suf
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. so as to be always ready for an emer- gency ; also a druggist's ounce glass, so that I may know what I am doing. My food was honey, with about I4 weight of water added. But we may feed honey or sugar syrup, adding to every quart of feed an ounce of the above mixture. Bees being without comb and brood, partake of it readilv, and by the time their comb foundation is built out, you will find your colony in a healthy and prosperous condition. Thus you see foul brood can be rooted out completely, and without an extra amount of trouble, provided you are sufficiently impressed with its danger- ous, insidious character, and are pre- pared to meet it promptly on its first appearance. When an atomizer is used on combs and larva?, the medicine should be only half as strong as given in the formula. In answer to a question, Mr. Muth gave it as his opinion that foul brood is imported into this country, and not of American origin. Mr. Boardman differed with Mr. Muth; he is satisfied he contracted one case of it, which he cured by destroying the combs and putting the bees in a new hive, after which he sprinkled them thoroughly with carbolic acid. In answer to the question, whether foul brood existed in this country prior to the importation of foreign bees, Mr. Muth said he did not know. T. F. Bingham, Michigan, said foul brood existed in this country previous to the importation of Italian bees. Dr. Brown, Georgia, said the late Mr. Quinby mentioned foul brood before im- portations had been made from Italy. After some further discussion on the subject, Mr. Bingham stated that foul brood emitted a very strong and disa- greeable smell. After the death of the young bee, the mass becomes very pu- trid and ropy in attempting to remove it from the cell, thereby making it im- possible for the bees to clean out the combs. Mr. Bingham then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Muth for his val- uable discovery, which was carried. The following paper was the
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