THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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I am glad that friend Byer has brought 

 the matter up as above, as it may tend 

 to decide the matter for some that have 

 colonies to treat. My advice is. "burn all 

 badly diseased colonies." Extract no 

 honey from badly diseased combs— re- 

 gardless of the plan used. Distribute no 

 diseased honey and feed sugar syrup 



when you have to feed. Sell others 

 such huney as you would use on your 

 own table. Take a little interest in your 

 neighbor when you can, and all will be 

 better, if not well. 



Respectfully, 



Ira D. Bartlett. 



Bringing the Season to a Close and Caring 

 For the Crop. 



S. D. HOUSE. 



HS we near 

 the close of 

 the white honey 

 flow, about 

 three days from 

 the close of 

 basswood, we 

 cease giving 

 new supers; 

 and at the close 

 of the flow we 

 take away all 

 except one super from each colony; and, 

 if there are any unfinished sections, as 

 many times there are in the outside wide 

 frame, we take these and make up a 

 super and give it to a strong colony, 

 which usually finishes them from sweet 

 clover, of which there is a fairly large 

 growth in this locality. These last supers 

 to be finished, are given to colonies that 

 have new comb in the brood nest, as the 

 honey may come in slowly, taking some 

 time to finish it, and, with the new combs, 

 there will be very little travel stain. 



FINISHING UP THE LAST SECTIONS. 



With the shallow brood chamber we 

 can get our sections finished much better 

 than with full-depth frames; and those 

 colonies that have continued finishing 

 supers late in the season will be either 

 doubled, two together, or given an addi- 

 tional section of brood combs with honey 

 for their winter stores. 



The supers that are filled with honey 

 are piled about ten high in the honey 

 room, and from ten days to two weeks 

 later the honey is fumigated to kill all 

 wax moths, which is very quickly done 

 by the following method: Place an 

 empty super on top of each pile, and 

 inside of this super set a saucer contain- 

 ing about 1 ^^ ounces of bisulphide of 

 carbon, and cover the upper super with 

 a blanket or cloth, and allow the bisul- 

 phide to evaporate. I do this work at 

 the close of the day so that I can lock up 

 shop until the next morning, as the bi- 

 sulphide is an explosive, and care should 

 be taken that there is no blaze in the 

 room. The next morning I uncover the 

 supers, giving the honey room plenty of 

 fresh air, and in two or three days all 

 odor from the bisulphide will pass off, 

 and, if the honey room is tight, as it 

 should be, there will be no more danger 

 from the wax moth. 



A HIGH TEMPERATURE NEEDED IN CURING 

 HONEY. 



I store as much honey in the super 

 as possible until ready to clean, grade 

 and case it. The temperature of the 

 honey room should be kept close to 90 

 degrees, Fahrenheit, for thirty days after 

 the honey is in, and at no time should it 

 go below 70 degrees. I never give any 

 ventilation to the room with a high 

 temperature. 



