June 5, 1902 



AMERICAN BEE lOURN/J. 



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queen ever leaves "the hive alone I very much doubt, al- 

 thoiiKli I do not know positively that such a thinf,-^ never 

 happencil. 



4. Yes, if such a thinf,' as a layinjr <|ueen Icavinj,' tlie 

 hive alone ever happened. Hut are there not just as many 

 queens missintf in May in apiaries where there are no clip- 

 ped (pieens, as in those where all the (piecns are clipped. 



,';. I don't see why it is not just as necessary in the home 

 apiary as in an out-apiary, for swarms would be likely to 

 ali^'ht ill the same kind of places in one as in the other. If 

 your prime swarms always ali).;ht on low branches and near 

 the hive they are better trained than mine. 



A Wire-Cloth Bee-Vell. 



I wish to say a pood word in favor of a bee-veil whicli I 

 see recommended in foreifrn papers. It ismadeof wire-cloth, 

 oval, such as are used to protect dislies of fruit af^ainst Hies. 

 A piece of cotton-cloth is sewed all around to protect the 

 head and neck of the apiarist. In very hot days this veil is 

 much more cool and comfortable, in my opinion and prac- 

 tice, than any other veil of tulle or silk, and, besides, in- 

 sures an almost perfect vision. Of course a straw hat can 

 be worn over it just the same. 



This oval must be of a size a little larger than one's 

 face (about a foot across), and need not cost more than 2,5 

 cents in any place. If kept dry it might last for about .'5 or 

 4 years ; but sweating or rain maj' cause it to rust rapidly. 



I wonder why no one seems to know or suspect the com- 

 fortableness of this wire-cloth veil, Can.^da. 



Answer. — I have one of the veils )'0u mention, and 

 although I have not used it very miich I have hardly 

 thought it as good as other veils without the wire-cloth. 

 Moreover, if I am not mistaken, some one (I think it was 

 M. M. Baldridge) reported having his eyes seriously injured 

 by a wire-cloth veil. If you have used one for considerable 

 time, and it has been entirely satisfactory, it is possible 

 that yours is of a superior quality. 



Rendering Comb into Wax— Foul Brood, Etc. 



1. I have burr-combs, cappings and some old combs. 

 How can I get good wax from this without buying a solar- 

 extractor ? 



2 Can you give a reliable method of getting candied 

 honey out of sections so they may be used again ? 



3. How can I detect foul-brood for sure ? 



4. What is your plan for treating foul-brood ? 



5. Do you use Doolittle's plans for building up weak 

 colonies ? 



6. What is your opinion of most of the dollar queens? 

 A bee-keeper told me he had never seen one whose bees 

 vrere not very cross. 



7. I use Hoffman self-spacing frames. Would you cut 

 burr-combs off, or will it do no good ? Illinois. 



Answers. — 1. Get a steam wax-press, which will get more 

 wax than the solar extractor. But it costs more than the 

 solar. Take an old dripping pan and split open one corner 

 to the bottom. I^ay in it your old combs, but not one on top 

 of another. Put the pan in the oven of the cook-stove with 

 the split corner projecting out over a dish set on the floor to 

 catch the wax. Put some thing under the corner which is 



diagonally under the split corner, so the wax will run down 

 hill to get out. 



2. Let the bees clean it out, sprinkling with water as 

 often as needed. 



3. Pages have been written upon the subject in back 

 numbers of this journal, and Howard's little tjook gives full 

 information that could not possibly be given in this depart- 

 ment, which has its limitations. The one symptom that may 

 perhaps be relied upon more than any other is the clastic 

 springing back of the matter in the cell when it is drawn out 

 half an inch or more. 



4. I never have been so unfortunate as to have any to 

 treat. If I should ever become so unfortunate I should rely 

 upon the McEvoy treatment as given in Howard's book. 



5. I seldom have occasion to use it, for as a general rule 

 my bees of their own accord have all the brood they can 

 cover. 



6. A dollar queen may be one of the best in the world, 

 and it may be one of the poorest. It depends upon the 

 stock from which it is reared, and the way in which it is 

 reared. I knovr of no reason why such queens should differ 

 in disposition from others. 



7. If you clean off the burr-combs they will in time be 

 replaced ; but they will not be so bad as if they had never 

 been cleaned off. 



Storing and Caring for Honey. 



1. In the storing and caring for honey, the greatest pest 

 I have to deal with is the wax-moth. Do you recommend 

 bisulphide of carbon as sure death to them ? Please give 

 the amount necessary to fumigate properly 100 one-pound 

 boxes ? 



2. Would it be best, or desirable, to store the same in 

 water-tight tin-lined boxes in which they were fumigated, 

 with the finest window-screen wire over box as cover, which 

 would seemingly be necessary as givinar a reasonable 

 amount of air for the proper ripening ? Would moths get 

 through this wire ? 



We small producers of honey living in villages and 

 keeping only a few colonies cannot afford an up-to-date 

 honey-house, for the storage of our honey through the 

 ripening process, therefore I bother you with this (to us) 

 perplexing question. M.\ss.iCHUSETTS. 



Answers. — 1. Three or four tablespoonfuls will prob- 

 ably be sbundant. 



2. Now, look here, my good friend, you sit down till I 

 talk with you. You have an exaggerated idea of the require- 

 ments for comb honey, and you are proposing to go inio an 

 expense that I couldn't possibly stand. Don't think of 

 water-tight, tin-lined boxes. Instead of something air-tight, 

 you need something airy. I don't try to keep the moth 

 away from my comb honey after it is taken from the hive. 

 The only danger from the moth, so far as section honey is 

 concerned, where I live, is from the eggs that are laid be- 

 fore the honey leaves the care of the bees. If the larvae and 

 the eggs are killed, no fresh eggs are laid in the sections, 

 although there is nothing to hinder moths from coming 

 into the room through cracks and crevices. If you liave 

 only 100 sections or so, keep them on an upper shelf of a 

 kitchen cupboard. Perhaps better still, keep them in a hot 

 garret next the roof. After getting a summer's roasting 

 there, they will stand the winter's freezing all right. 



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