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REMEDY NO. 122. 



A. — Various designs of hives have been made to prevent the 

 bee moth from entering, but, so far, all are more or less defect- 

 ive, and the best and surest remedy is to carefully examine 

 the hives that are infested once every week, and collect all 

 the nests, cocoons, etc., and destroy by burning ; this should 

 be done in the Spring and also in July and August. 



B. — Professor C. V. Riley recommends that " a good way to 

 entrap the worms would be to raise the front of the hive on 

 two small wooden blocks, and put a piece of woolen cloth be- 

 tween the bottom board and the back of the hive. The worms 

 (larvae) find a cosy place of resort under the rag, where they 

 may be sought and killed from time to time." 



C. — Professor G. H. French writes : " With only moderately 

 strong swarms of bees, vigilance, with properly constructed 

 movable frame hives, is the only way to obtain immunity from 

 their ravages." 



I have witnessed the successful cleaning of hives seriously 

 infested as described above, but with C and D the work would 

 probably be still more effective. 



D. — A loose band of cloth placed around the top of the hive 

 outside, is an excellent trap for the moths to hide under in 

 the daytime, where they can be easily captured. 



REMEDY NO. 123. 



1. — In using whale oil soap and sulphur, the opening in the 

 nozzle should be made a little larger than the opening used 

 for lye, etc. 



2. — When buhach is used with any of the solutions recom- 

 mended, it should be placed in a perfectly tight vessel and hot 

 water poured on it and allowed to soak until the next day, or 

 until ready for use, then strain and mix in solution and apply 

 immediately. Calculation must be made so that only the 

 original quantity of water recommended is used. 



3. — In all cases where buhach is applied in liquid form to 



