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over it so that it will burn readily, and setting it on fire. Care 

 should be taken to place the receptacle containing the burning 

 sulphur in a safe place on a large stone or metal, or in a larger 

 tub or pan containing water. The building should be closed 

 very tight to prevent the escape of the fumes. The combs should 

 be separated to insure the fumes reaching all parts. Sometimes 

 a second or even a third fumigation will be necessary to insure 

 the destruction of all of the caterpillars in bad cases. 



Bisulfide of carbon may be used to accomplish a similar 

 result, but great care is necessary as it is highly explosive and 

 dangerous. In the use of this drug the combs are placed in a 

 tight closet or box and a quantity of the liquid placed in an open 

 dish above them. It evaporates rapidly and the heavy fumes 

 settle over the combs, thus effectively killing the moths. ]^o 

 fire or light should be allowed about when this liquid is being 

 used. 



LESSER WAX MOTH 



There is a very small moth whose larva sometimes becomes 

 troublesome in comb honey. It is not nearly so destructive as the 

 larger species and its work is seldom noticed excepting in the 

 comb honey. It frequently appears in honey that has be^n a 

 considerable time in the market and greatly injures the appear- 

 ance by spreading its webs over the cappings and making its 

 small burrows into the wax, thus causing leakage, waste, and 

 a bad appearance. The remedy is fumigation. 



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More than half of the States and several Canadian provinces 

 now have inspectors with police powers for the purpose of con- 

 trolling bee diseases. But a few years will elapse until every 

 State and province where bee-keeping is an important industry 

 will make such provision. ^\Tiere the work is thoroughly done 

 a number of men are required to cover the field, so that the 

 inspection work is growing in importance and in opportunity. 



