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light what remains at the one inch hole 

 near the bottom. Hang these about the 

 wagon so the wind will blow the smoke 

 across the w-agon. If there is quite a 

 wind you may turn the airholes away 

 from the wind or you may stuff the 

 top of the smoke pots full of green 

 weeds or grass and get such a smoke as 

 you never saw before. Do this before 

 the robbers start. You cannot get up 

 enough smoke to stop robbing, but if 

 enough smoke is mixed with the scent 

 of the honey the bees will not locate 

 the honey. I had always used two 

 wagon sheets with a load of honey or 

 empty combs, and I use one still, for it 

 helps to keep the odor from the honey 

 smothered in and will also baffle the 

 robbers if well tucked in. 



the bee that pl.ws tag with your 

 horse's ear. 



If there is a bad dearth on while 

 you are taking off honey or putting 

 combs on, some mad bees will follow 

 you to the wagon, and if your horses 

 arc as notional about having the bees 

 play tag with their ears as mine are 

 these bees will not let you ■ hitch up. 

 Have you ever slipped off behind the 

 bushes, fought mad bees for fifteen 

 minutes when it was already late, and 

 then sneaked out to hitch up only to 

 have one or two of these mad bees 

 find you at the last moment and send 

 the horses flying off home with the har- 

 ness and neck-yoke, while you trudged 

 along behind, orating in a particular 

 style that would not do for print? If 

 you have you will sure appreciate the 

 plan I am about to give you for killing 

 those mad bees that follow the wagon. 

 Tie a wisp of burlap to the end of a 

 small stick. (If you have some old 

 pieces lying about that have been used 

 under the covers and are all gummed 

 up, they are just the thing. If not, 

 saturate the new burlap with kerosene). 

 Set this torch afire and wave it about 

 over your head. You will in less time 

 than it takes to tell it have the enemy 



hopping about at your feet with 

 trimmed wings. Keep this torch handy 

 while you hitch up and if another comes 

 bothering about, pick it up and trim 

 his wings. If, while you are working 

 in the yard, a few mad bees persist 

 in bothering you, just take the smoker 

 burlap out of your smoker on the end 

 of a stick and these bees will promptly 

 fly at the dark object and put their 

 wings out of commission. The credit 

 of this discovery of burning the wings 

 of mad bees in this company belongs 

 not to me but to my partner, H. L. 

 Parks. 



USES COAL OIL IN THE APIARY. 



A great deal has been said about the 

 use of carbolic acid in the bee yard, and 

 no doubt something about the use of 

 coal oil in a similar way, but I believe 

 that not one beekeeper in a hundred 

 knows the real value of coal oil in the 

 bee yard. If you are burring your 

 combs or inspecting for foul brood dur- 

 ing a dearth, as you sometimes have 

 to, I venture to say that the proper 

 use of coal oil will keep down robbing 

 at least 90 per cent. Saturate a rag 

 as large as a napkin with coal oil and 

 hang it in a large can and use this can 

 to collect burs or uncappings in, and 

 no robbers will bother them. In in- 

 specting for foul brood or looking for 

 queens or any such work, lay the coal 

 oil rag on the tops of the frames so 

 the wind will float the odor from it 

 across the hive. If possible keep the 

 frame you have out in the line of the 

 odor from the coal oil rag or in the 

 can with it. Do not believe anything 

 you may have read as to the odor of 

 coal oil making bees mad. I have used 

 it in the smoker instead of smoke and 

 it puts them in a good humor so far 

 as I can see. 

 Alerilla Park, N. M. 



[Anyone who has ever had to do 

 with out-apiaries will appreciate _ the 

 above article. It smacks of experience 

 c'ear through. Haven't you ever thought 



