Gleanings in bee culture . r bees spread-ing the disease; also danger of the opera-tor carrying the infected honey on his handsor clothes to other colonies. I have found carbolic cloths a very valu-able aid in the inspection and treatment ofdiseased hives, as they are the best preven-tive of robbing that I know of. Old burlapbags are cut up and sprinkled with crudecarbolic acid, and spread over the hive orover the combs that are removed. By theway, these same cloths when dry make themost satisfactory smoker fuel. It seems too bad todestroy nice freshcombs that, we fondlyhope, might be clean;bu
Gleanings in bee culture . r bees spread-ing the disease; also danger of the opera-tor carrying the infected honey on his handsor clothes to other colonies. I have found carbolic cloths a very valu-able aid in the inspection and treatment ofdiseased hives, as they are the best preven-tive of robbing that I know of. Old burlapbags are cut up and sprinkled with crudecarbolic acid, and spread over the hive orover the combs that are removed. By theway, these same cloths when dry make themost satisfactory smoker fuel. It seems too bad todestroy nice freshcombs that, we fondlyhope, might be clean;but it is safest in thelong run, where one isnot prepared to renderthem entirely out ofthe reach of bees; andfew beekeepers arethus prepared. I haveburned hundreds ofnice straight all-work-er combs, and buriedthe ashes; and, whileit huits my feelings todo so, still it is goodriddance to bad rub-bish. DO NOT USE MAILING-CAGES FOR INTRO-DUCING. Another care lesspractice that shouldbe avoided is the in- GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. How clover is getting a spread in tlie wild lands of the Northwest. troduclioii of queens in mailing-cages, whenit is imjjossible to say that the candy in thecage is not infected. I suiDpose nearly allqueen-breeders are reasonably careful inusing clean honey to make candy; but thereis always a risk to run; and it is easy to beon the safe side by using a clean cage, ifone must use this antiquated method of in-troduction, being careful to burn the mail-ing-cage, together with the escort of using the direct method of introductionthe danger of infection is avoided, and atthe same time the safe accej^tance of the new queen is insured. This method has beengiven several times in Gleanings, and is inuse by hundreds of up-to-date beekeepers,so it is useless to describe it here. In the treatment of brood disease thesafest way is none too safe; and just as weshould avoid the appearance of evil, weshould take no chances with American foulbrood, knowing that the
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