814 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



Whatever method of wintering may be adopted, the secret of doing it suc- 

 cessfully is, to keep the bees in an even temperature, and with little, or na 

 nitrogenous food. Pollen, called also bee-bread, is nitrogenous food. 



If the bees are wintered in the cellar, place them on their summer stands 

 as early in the spring as they can gather pollen from willow and soft maple 

 blossoms. If convenient place each hive where it stood the previous season. 



With the division board keep the bees crowded on as few combs as they 

 may choose to occupy, moving it and giving new combs from those removed 

 when preparing for winter, as often as they may need them. 



If it is desired to keep the honey quilt clean for future winter use it may 

 be removed and the one taken off in the faU replaced; but it will be well t© put 

 the wintering quilt on top of the other to help retain the heat 'till settled warm 

 ■weather. 



HONEY VINEGAB. 



All waste honey, and that with a bitter and unpleasant taste may be made 

 Into vinegar that is better flavored than that made from cider. 



When extracting honey, the dishes used will have honey adhering to them 

 which should be rinsed off with as little water as possible, and the sweetened) 

 water thus obtained should be put in a keg, barrel or crock and placed where 

 it will be kept warm. During warm weather it may be placed in the sun, and 

 so covered that air may readily enter, and dirt and flies be excluded. The cap- 

 pings removed from the combs with the uncapping knife, after the honey has 

 drained from them, may be washed with water, and will add materially to the 

 amount of sweetened water. The sweeter the water the stronger the vinegar 

 will be ; but it will not sour as rapidly if made too sweet at first 



ENEMIES OP BEES. 



Bees have many enemies, but I shall notice but two, the toad and the 

 moth-miller. The only objection that I know of to the hive resting on the 

 ground is, that it makes it convenient for Mr. or Mrs. Toad to readily reach 

 the bees, where they will quietly sit and make a square meal of bees. Although 

 they are good in the garden and on the farm, they are bad around the bee- 

 hives. Be sure and keep them away, even if you are obliged to kill tliem. 



The moth-miller is sometimes very troublesome, but seldom does any 

 harm if all colonies are kept strong. Don't invest in motli-proof hives, or 

 moth traps, but keep all tlie colonies strong and the motii-miller will nol 

 trouble. 



POTJL BROOD. 



Among the diseases of bees, foul brood takes first rank. The success oi 

 the most convenient method of curing it (and the one I shall give) would indi- 

 cate that the cause of the disease is in the honey; but the disease itself is 

 developed in the young brood, causing it to die, usually before it is sealed 



