. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Conducted bv J. L. B YER, Mount Joy, Ont. Disposing of Comb and Honey in Foul Brood Treatment A. R. Summers, of Missouri, asks as to what is done with the combs and honey put into the vat of boiling water as described in the McEwen treatment for foul brood in the December Ameri- can Bee Journal. They are, of course, rendered into wax at once, and that is one of the main things in any of the different treatments of foul brood that is really necessary—getting the source of reinfection out of the way in a thor- ough manner. One of the most diffi- cult th
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Conducted bv J. L. B YER, Mount Joy, Ont. Disposing of Comb and Honey in Foul Brood Treatment A. R. Summers, of Missouri, asks as to what is done with the combs and honey put into the vat of boiling water as described in the McEwen treatment for foul brood in the December Ameri- can Bee Journal. They are, of course, rendered into wax at once, and that is one of the main things in any of the different treatments of foul brood that is really necessary—getting the source of reinfection out of the way in a thor- ough manner. One of the most diffi- cult things the inspectors meet with in their rounds is in seeing that all these old combs are out of the reach of the bees after other instructions have been faithfully obeyed. The matter of ren- dering the combs into wax is often put off till "a more convenient season," and they will be placed in some shed or other building where it is taken for granted that the bees will not find them. Judging from many experiences, some men seem to think that any place that will exclude a woodchuck, will also be proof against bees getting in, and, as a result, often the work done previously is rendered abortive because of gross carelessness in allowing the bees to gain access to these combs of honey. Time and time again have I come to a place where the bees have been shaken from the old combs, and on asking if the latter were burnt or put into wax the answer would be, " No, but they are. away from the ; Insisting on seeing where they had been placed, sometimes we would be taken to a building and find the combs of honey, etc., loosely stacked up, and many open- ings in the sides of the building that the bees could come through at will. The owners would express surprise that I thought the bees would ever come in such roundabout places, and really thought that I was a bit unrea- sonable in insisting that the combs be moved into a cellar or other secure place at once. Of cou
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