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that there is always water there ; as the 

 season advances, it need not be warmed. 

 If necessary, cover the horse trough 

 with a hinged lid. — Mrs. J. N. Heater. 



Keep salted water at home early and 

 always. Try carbolic acid in larger 

 quantity. Keep the neighbor's trough 

 covered, if possible, when not in use. — 

 C. C. Miller. 



Keep the troughs closed with covers 

 so close that bees cannot get in. If 

 kept closed except when horses are 

 watering, the bees will cease to trouble. 

 — R. L. Taylor. 



If possible, cover up the trough when 

 not in use. Also early in the season 

 educate your bees to take water from a 

 supply furnished them near home. — P. 

 H. Elwood. 



Make a good watering place near the 

 apiary early in Spring, before the bees 

 get in the habit of going to the water- 

 trough. If a handful of salt is scattered 

 over the wet place for the bees, it is a 

 great attraction. Rub the horse-trough 

 with kerosene. — C. H. Dibbern. 



This is a vexed question. We think 

 the bees would visit the neighbor's 

 trough much less if it was kept in the 

 shade during Summer, say under a shed. 

 They contract the habit in early Spring, 

 and go in preference to sunny places. — 

 Dadant & Son. 



Put out water for your bees so early 

 in the season that your bees will form 

 the habit of visiting it rather than go to 

 your neighbor's water. If you once let 

 your bees establish the habit of visit- 

 ing the wrong place for water, you can- 

 not turn them by any means I know of. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



Buy the old water-soaked trough and 

 remove it (bees and all) to your own 

 land. Get your neighbor to go without 

 any trough a few days. Then set up for 

 him a metal trough. If this does not 

 cure your renegade bees, they have "got 

 it so bad " that they cannot be healed by 

 any remedy I know of. — James Heddon. 



Try painting the sides of the troughs 

 with kerosene, being careful not to put 

 on so much that it will float on the water 

 so as to make it disagreeable. Crude 

 petroleum would probably be better. 

 Apply when the wood is dry, and let it 

 soak in, putting on all the wood will 

 absorb. — James A. Green. 



It is not easy to keep bees away from 

 a watering-place after they have once 

 got started. Where such trouble occurs 



I would advise to fix up watering- 

 troughs in the apiary. Fill a tight box- 

 trough with corn cobs, fill with water, 

 put in a little salt, and start the bees 

 upon it early with a piece of comb- 

 honey. — G. L. Tinker. 



The querist will please ask something 

 easy. If she will tell me how to keep 

 my bees away from my neighbor's peach 

 orchard when in bloom, I will tell her 

 how to keep her bees from her neigh- 

 bor's watering-trough. I would try and 

 not let them get into the habit, by keep- 

 ing plenty of good water near by. — Mrs. 

 Jennie Atchley. 



I have been troubled in the same way. 

 We happened to buy the land, then we 

 built a shed over the trough for the coWs 

 to run under, open only on one side 

 (south side). The trough is in the north 

 side of the shed, all sides except the 

 south boarded up tight, then it was cool 

 and shady where the water-trough was. 

 No bees have been there since. — E. 

 France. 



After bees get accustomed to going to 

 a certain place for water it is difficult to 

 stop them. If a place were provided for 

 them only a few rods from the apiary 

 early in the Spring, and kept in just the 

 right condition, it might help. I notice 

 that if a trough leaks enough to keep 

 the ground around it muddy, the bees 

 are usually found on the ground, and 

 not in the trough. — Eugene Secor. 



I "kinder thought" a lady was aslcing 

 this question before I had read it all. 

 The "Golden Rule" shines out. There 

 is probably some quality in the water 

 at the "neighbor's watering-trough" 

 that the bees like, that is not in the 

 water you put out for them. Perhaps a 

 little salt in the water used at home 

 would remedy the evil. Bees seem to 

 prefer water that is a little old. Trad- 

 ing troughs with the neighbor might 

 answer. — A. B. Mason. 



When bees have formed the habit of 

 going to any place for water, it is a diffi- 

 cult matter to prevent their continuing 

 to go to the same place, and hence they 

 should be provided with water at home 

 early in the Spring, and be "enticed" 

 there for their regular supply. A little 

 salt in the water at the home trough will 

 make it inviting to the bees, and at the 

 same time to give the sides of your 

 neighbor's trough a coat of kerosene 

 oil, would help to cultivate a liking for 

 the home trough, whicli should be placed 

 in a sunny spot. — The Editor. 



