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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



destroyed by the loss of the queen, 

 spring dwindling, or whatever the cause 

 was, and the moths came in as an effect. 



It frequently happens that we lose 

 part of our bees in spring, and wish to 

 preserve the combs until the remainder 

 of our bees increase to occupy thorn, for 

 such combs are of decided value, even in 

 these days of comb foundation. To keep 

 them from being destroyed by the moth- 

 worms, requires close watching, and all 

 sliould be looked over as often as once a 

 week when warm weather comes. 



As soon as many worms are seen, 

 hang the combs in a small, close room, 

 so tliat the fumes from burning sulphur 

 can penetrate all parts of them, and 

 burn one pound to every 100 cubic feet 

 contained in the room. To burn it, get 

 an iron kettle, put some ashes in the 

 bottom, and set the kettle in a large 

 vessel containing some water, so that 

 there can be no chance of fire, for you 

 cannot stay and watch it after it gets to 

 burning. 



Now put a shovelful of coals on the 

 ashes in the kettle, and pour on the sul- 

 phur. Shut the door, and leave them 

 for 24: hours or more, and if they are 

 kept after this where the moth cannot 

 get at them, it is rarely the case that 

 they will need looking after again, even 

 if you keep them away from the bees 

 for years. 



Once or twice I have had to sulphur 

 such combs again in a month or so, as 

 there were a few unhatched eggs that 

 were so secreted in the combs that the 

 sulphur did not reach them strong 

 enough to kill them. 



If combs are hung from one to two 

 inches apart in a dry, airy room, they 

 are not as liable to be troubled with the 

 moth-larvi^e as they are where packed 

 closely together. If you expect to use 

 them rather early in the season, taking 

 this precaution is often all that is neces- 

 sary. It is always well to look after 

 them occasionally, however, when they 

 are thus left. 



When you hear expressions about 

 worms killing bees, you can safely de- 

 cide that they come from those who are 

 careless or ignorant. From the care- 

 loss, because they do not attend to their 

 business as they should, so that they do 

 not discover that their boos are gone, 

 until the combs are destroyed by the 

 worms. From the ignorant, because if 

 well posted in all that is going on inside 

 tlie hive at all times, they would know 

 b(!tt(ir. 



I will not take space here to tell what 

 a motli-miller is, how she gets her eggs 

 in tiie liive, how the worms look, etc.. 



for this can be found in any of the books 

 on bees. If you have not any of these 

 books, my advice would be to obtain one 

 at once, for you cannot well understand 

 much unless you know the first princi- 

 ples of bee-keeping. 

 Borodino, N. Y. 



Bee-Keeping and Poultry-RalsinE. 



G. A. STOCKWELL. 



The two industries may go together 

 and be as profitable as when conducted 

 separately. Indeed, they fit, into each 

 other, dovetail together, as some 

 branches of agriculture do. Practically, 

 bees require attention only six months 

 in the year — that is to say, if they are 

 properly attended to in six months, they 

 will take care of themselves in the re' 

 maining six months. There ought to 

 be little to do with bees before the first 

 flow of honey, about the middle of May, 

 and after the first frost, or about the 

 middle of October. This makes five 

 months. The other month may be used 

 in preparing, at odd times, implements, 

 or the product for market. 



If bee-keeping is conducted on a large 

 scale, the time of active work is the 

 same, but more time must be given in 

 the busy season, and more between sea- 

 sons. When the bee-season ends in 

 October, then begins the time of activity 

 in the poultry yard — preparing for mar- 

 ket, and bringing forward the early 

 pullets to lay in January and February, 

 when eggs are worth more for table or 

 for incubation. In the spring, the set- 

 ting hens, most of them, ought to be off 

 their nests, and out with their broods by 

 the middle of May, or the first of June, 

 if early layers and good chicks, market- 

 able on or before Thanksgiving, are 

 wanted. 



During the summer, bees do not re- 

 quire so much attention as many sup- 

 pose, or so much as many bee-keepers 

 give them. But let no beginner imagine 

 that they will "run" themselves, or 

 that they can be neglected, and be 

 profitable. The right service or help 

 they must have at the right time. By 

 the double-hive non-swarming (almost) 

 system, an apiary may be conducted 

 profitably with comparatively little work 

 and little time — less if comb honey bo 

 the object, more if extracted honey be 

 wanted. 



If swarms should appear, the bee- 

 keeper is at hand, but there will be 

 few swarms, if any, if the system re- 



