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THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Nov. 13, 1902. 



be sure the worms are at work, and they must receive im- 

 mediate attention, as their work is very rapid. 



There are several different methods of getting rid of 

 them. One of the best ways is to give the wormy combs 

 to the bees to take care of. Or you may fumigate them 

 with sulphur, or bisulphide of carbon. Or you may fill a 

 small oil-can with gasoline, and wherever you suspect the 

 presence of a worm fill the cell with gasoline. This is verj' 

 effectual and an easy way. 



If you use gasoline or bisulphide of carbon be careful 

 not to use near a fire, as they are very inflammable. 



Her Bees Held Their Own. 



Bees have not done anything this season. Mine have 

 held their own — only one super per colony. They have a full 

 hi%-e of honey and plenty of bees. I expect they will winter 

 all right. Some of my neighbors say their bees have not 

 even enough honey to carry them through the winter. 



Mrs. E. Burdick. 



Bernalillo Co., N. Mex., Oct. 10. 



Questions and Answers. ^ 



CONDUCTED BY 



r>R. O. O. MILLER, Mareafgo, 111, 



[The Qaestlons may be mailed to the Bee Journal ofiSce, or to Dr. Miller 



direct, when he will answer them here. Please do not ask the 



Doctor to send answers bv mall. — Editor. 1 



Late Drones. 



them and found her there all right. Why are those drones 

 kept at this time of year? I have never seen anything of 

 the kind before. Michigan. 



Answer. — I saw drones the last day of October this 

 year at the entrance of one of my colonies concerning whose 

 queen I have no anxiety. I think it is more common than 

 usual this year to find late drones. The season has been 

 such that bees have done some gathering every fine day, 

 and so the bees have not felt keenly the lack of pasturage, 

 and the lack of pasturage seems to be the principal thing 

 that suggests the extermination of the drones. 



Last June I received a queen, and the colony in which I 

 placed her did very well this season, but did not swarm. A 

 short time ago I noticed there were still drones in the hive : 

 thinking that perhaps they had lost their queen, I examined 



Preparing Bees for Shipment. 



1. What is the proper way to prepare bees to ship ? and 

 what is the cost per colony, say from here to California ? 



2. Would it be advisable to take 20 colonies from Iowa 

 to California, as they will hardly sell for what they are 

 worth here. 



3. How would be the proper way to manage the en- 

 trance-guards during swarming season to prevent swarm- 

 ing ? Iowa. 



Answers. — 1. Minutia; of preparation varies according 

 to the hive. Generally it is all right to fasten the cover 

 and floor-board to the body of the hive by means of one or 

 two cleats at each of the four corners of the hive, one end 

 of the cleat being fastened to the floor-board and the other 

 to the cover, and the middle of the cleat fastened to the hive. 

 Abundant ventilation must be supplied by means of wire- 

 cloth, one way being to have in place of the cover a rim an 

 inch or two deep entirely covered over the top with wire- 

 cloth. In this case of course the cover is omitted from its 

 usual place. I do not know what it will cost to transport a 

 colony of bees from Iowa to California, but you can learn 

 from your freight or express agent. 



2. I don't know, but I very much doubt the abvisability. 

 I'm not sure about your railroads, but I doubt whether you 

 can send bees by freight without paying for a car-load, and 

 the express charges are fearful. 



3. They are simply to be left at the entrance, to be re- 

 moved when a queen has been trapped or when drones are 

 in them. 



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