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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 



June 29. 1899. 



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Will Tallow Prevent the Wax-Moth ? 



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Query 94.— If tallow be put in the angles of 

 the rabbets of the supers, covers, and between 

 and under the ends of the frames. will it prevent 

 the wax-moth from depositing her eggs in those 

 places, and supply the place of bee-propolis ? — 

 Indiana. 



S. T. Pettit— 1 don't know. 



D. W. Heise — I don't know. 

 C. Davenport — I don't know. 



E. Whitcouib — £ don't know. 

 Eugene Secor— I don'tiknow. 

 W. G. Larrabee — I don't know. 

 Mrs. L. Harrison — I don't know. 

 Emerson T. Abbott — I do not know. 



E. France— I don't know; never tried it. 



C. H. Dibbern— I don't know. Try the 

 plan and report. 



P. H. Elwood— I should think so, but I 

 have never tried it. 



R. C. Aikin — I do not know, but suspect 

 it would be a failure. 



O. O, Poppleton— I have no experience in 

 the use of tallow in hives. 



Dr. J. P. H. Brown— I have never used it 

 for that purpose. I do not know. 



Adrian Getaz— It will; but there will be 

 yet plenty of other places left tor the eggs. 



J. E. Pond— I do not think it will. It 

 will, however, tend to prevent the sticking 



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