Bee-keeping in war-time by Herrod-Hempsall William 1873-

Author:Herrod-Hempsall, William, 1873-
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bees
Publisher: [London] Offices of Country life [etc.]; New York, Scribner's sons
Published: 1918-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

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WELWYN, HERTS, ENG.

Isle of Wight Disease

8, LoN IsA, Rkubina Garden Villagk,

Whitcht.irch, near Cardiff,

y October to, 1917

Sirs, ■/

T aim a l)ei:;k;eeper in this disti*ict,^^nd I thought my experience with

" Iz,\l" would be of interest. Last April I bought a bottle of as

a disinfectant for the prevention of [sle of Wight disease in my 3 stocks of bees, as this rli^ease had been rather prevalent in this district for some time past. I sprayed my bees about once or twice a week with it, my bees being quitei healthy then, but this was doue just as a "preventative." 1 ut notwithstanding all my precautions, my bees contracted Isle of Wight ■ dise.ise, for on the evening of June 25th, when T arrived home from business, my bees were out in front of the hives in their thousands, crawling about, and on examination of the interior of the hives, the marks of excreta were plainly visible. I called in a local bee expert, and he diagnosed the case as a very bad attack of Isle of Wight disea-^e, nnd advised me to destroy the lot, a^ he thought the case was hopeless. But I did not intend doing so without a struggle. The same evening I s?t to work dismfecting with the above-mentioned disinfectant, spraying combs ani burying all crawlers. I continued this treatment lor about a week, liut disease was still as prevalent as ever Then, as a last resource, I got a, i/- bottle of Izal, diUited it to

1 in 90 with lukewarm water, and started spraying bees with it. I had each c imb of bees out, and spraytd then"^ wjth itL Almost immediately I noticed improvement. I continued spraying with Izal of foregoing strength tor about

2 weeks. At the same time I washed iill floorboards, alighting boards, and other pans of the hives with i part Izal in 50 parj,^jaf. water, giving the disease no rest ; the bees were then busy gathering honey, and breeding fast, no crawlers anywliere, so I came to the conclusion I had, with the aid .of I/,al, cured the disease. A friend of mine also had an outbreak of the disea-.e with his bees, and together we treated them the same ; and in about 14 days we had cured his with Izal. Since then I have not had the slightest siujn cf the disease reappearing, and I have had a splendid lot of honey from them. If the foregoing experience of mine is of any use to you, you ar.^ at perfect lil)erty to use it in any way you please, as I am convincedJzal cured

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Yours faithfully,

(Signed) H. W. ROBINSON,

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Cornell University Library 523.H567

Bee-keeping in war-time.

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