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temperature is permanently below sixty degrees ; it 

 must, however, be a dry one, as dampness injures 

 the quality of the honey. 



If a cool and dry place, in which to keep honey, 

 cannot be had, the boxes should be taken (after the 

 bees are all out of them) and closely covered over, 

 and after one week elapses, they should be frequent- 

 ly examined, and if any worms are found, they should 

 be removed without breaking the comb. This can 

 easily be done in the section honey box; but if the 

 ordinary boxes are used, the bottom of the box should 

 be drawn, in order to remove the worms. Where 

 the combs become much mutilated or soiled with 

 honey, I have frequently put the box into a hive of 

 bees, and let it remain for ten hours, and sometimes 

 longer, to allow them to lick up the daubed honey ; 

 as soon as they do so, the box should be taken out, 

 Mr. Quinby's " Method of Killing Worms in Boxes :" 

 u Perhaps you may find one box in ten that will have 

 no worms about it ; others may contain from one to 

 twenty, when they have been off a week or more. 



"All the eggs should have a chance to hatch, 

 which, in cool weather, may be three weeks. They 

 should be watched, that no worms get large enough 

 to injure the combs much, before they are destroyed. 



" Get a close barrel or box, that will exclude the 

 air as much as possible ; in this put the boxes, with 

 the holes in the bottom open ; in one corner leave a 

 place for a cup or dish of some kind to hold some sul- 

 phur matches, while .burning. (They are made by 





