. Diseases of bees. Bees. 16 TREATMENT OF BEE DISEASES. disease will rarely reappear. If it should, a repetition of the treat- ment will be necessary. Saving the healthy brood.—The old combs are now quickly removed. If several colonies are being treated at one time it may pay to stack several hive bodies containing contaminated combs over a weak diseased colony to allow most of the healthy brood to emerge, thereby strengthening the weak colony. After 10 or 12 days this colony is treated in turn and all the combs rendered into wax. If only one or two colonies in a large ajjiary are being treate
. Diseases of bees. Bees. 16 TREATMENT OF BEE DISEASES. disease will rarely reappear. If it should, a repetition of the treat- ment will be necessary. Saving the healthy brood.—The old combs are now quickly removed. If several colonies are being treated at one time it may pay to stack several hive bodies containing contaminated combs over a weak diseased colony to allow most of the healthy brood to emerge, thereby strengthening the weak colony. After 10 or 12 days this colony is treated in turn and all the combs rendered into wax. If only one or two colonies in a large ajjiary are being treated it will not pay fo do this. Saving the wax.—Any but a very small apiary should have in- cluded in its equipment a wax press for removing wax from old combs. After the contaminated frames are taken to the honey house the combs should be kept carefullj' covered, so that no bees can reach them until the Avax can be ren- dered. This should not be de- layed Aery long or the comb^ may be ruined by wax moths. The slumgum or refuse remaining after the wax is removed should be burned. Contaminated combs should not be put into a solar wax extractor for fear of spreading the dis^^ase. The wax from contami- nated combs may safely be used for the manufacture of comb foundation. Cleaning the hive.—The hive which has contained the diseased (Origiaai., ^^^j^^^^. ^j^^^j^j ^^ thoroughly cleaned of all wax and honey, and it is desirable that it be care- fully disinfected by burning out the inside with a gasoline blue- flame torch (fig. T). If this piece of apparatus is not available several hive bodies ma}' be piled together on a hive bottom and some gasoline or kerosene poured on the sides and on some straw or excelsior at the bottom. This is then ignited and after burn- ing for a few seconds a close-fitting hive cover is placed on top of the pile to extinguish the flames. The inside of the hive bodies should be charred to a light brown. The careful cleaning and dis- infection of frames
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