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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Queries a|id Replies. 



KeepiM Brooil-Coffilis, 



Query 749.— How do you keep brood- 

 combs while not in use ? — Reader. 



In a tight hive or box. — M. Mahin. 



I hang them in the bee-house about K 

 an inch apart. — H. D. Cutting. 



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In an airy chamber, spaced 2 in 

 apart. — G. M. Doolittle. 



Hang them 2 inches apart on racks, 

 in a dark room ; and if worms should 

 then get in, I fumigate them with sul- 

 phur.— J. P. H. Bkown. 



They should be kept in a close room, 

 and fumigated with sulphur if moths 

 appear. — J. M. Hambaugh. 



In close boxes. These are made just 

 the right size, and hold three rows of 

 combs. — A. J. Cook. 



In the Spring I put them under a col- 

 ony of bees, so that the bees must trav- 

 erse them, when going in and out. — C. C. 

 Miller. 



I hang them up in a light room where 

 the air circulates freely, keeping them 

 an inch or two apart. — R. L. Tayloe. 



I pack them into empty hives, hang- 

 ing them about IJ^ to 2 inches apart. If 

 kept well separated and watched for 

 worms, there will be no trouble ; or very 

 little, if any.— J. E. Pond. 



During the Winter I keep them in 

 hives because I have no other place. I 

 put some this Summer in the second 

 story, where the bees had access to 

 them. Another season, if I have any 

 not in use, I shall try the bee-cellar. — 

 Mes. L. Haeeison. 



In a dry, closed building, moth proof 

 by the use of screens on doors and win- 

 dows ; and where the temperature is lov/, 

 in the Winter. — Dad ant & Son. 



Keep them in a tightly-closed room or 

 box, and smoke them occasionally with 

 the fumes of burning sulphur. Put the 

 combs in an empty whisky-barrel, with a 

 few lumps of camphor, and head the 

 barrel well. — P. L. Viallon. 



I tier them up on the hives until late 

 in the Fall, when all danger of moth- 

 worms is over. After that, they can be 

 kept in any place, away from mice, until 



needed in the Spring. I have kept them 

 tied up in cotton sacks all Summer. I 

 can keep them in this way for any num- 

 ber of years, in the very best condition. 

 — G. W. Demaree. 



I do not always keep them because I 

 get careless. If you have a very cool, 

 dry cellar, the worms will not bother 

 them there. They ought to be a little 

 further apart than when in the hive — 

 say one inch of space between them. If 

 you can get spiders to build their webs 

 among them, there will be no trouble. — 

 Eugene Secoe. 



During the cold months keep them in 

 any suitable, cool, dry place, nwnj from 

 rats and mice. In hot weather, it will 

 be better to give them to the bees, to 

 care for. A good colony of Italians will 

 care for 2 or 3 sets of frames. — C. H. 



DiBBEEN. 



It all depends upon the time of year, 

 and whether or not the combs have 

 moth-germs in them. Any of the bee- 

 books will tell you how to preserve 

 empty combs. — James JIeddon. 



In the Summer time, I have never 

 been able to preserve them unless the 

 bees had the care of them. In Winter, 

 they are better kept out-of-doors in 

 em^ty hives, made secure against being 

 blown over. Buildings which are more 

 or less open to the weather, so that the 

 combs may freeze, also serve well. — G. 

 L. Tinker. 



The bees will take care of the empty 

 combs in the Summer season better than 

 you can do it. In Winter they should 

 be boxed up tightly, after being thor- 

 oughly fumigated with sulphur, if they 

 have any moth-germs in them. — The 

 Editoe. 



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