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substitute for pollen; but if the alders, or other 

 trees and shrubs that supply pollen are in bloom, 

 all artificial articles will be discarded by the bees. 

 Hives with flat bottom ^oa^ds, and in fact, all 

 others, are the better for cleaning, removing any 

 dead bees that may have fallen from the combs. 

 Should the moth prove troublesome, which la sel- 

 dom or never the case in strong swarms, and your 

 hives are supplied with movable combs it is best 

 to transfer the frames to a new hive, taking care 

 to rid every frame of web or worm on removal. 

 This can be done best in a close room, on a 

 clear, mild day, placing the hive, after transfer, 

 on the old stand. It is dangerous to do this be- 

 fore there is a good deal of food to be had, for 

 otherwise, the bees from other hives may rob the 

 disturbed one ; and besides, the latter coniiumes 

 a great deal more by being disturbed than they 

 would do if let alone. 



It must, be remembered that it is from the 

 strong swarms in spring that you will obtain the 

 greatest amount of surplus honey the coming sea • 

 son. Such swarms have enough food, with room 

 to breed, thus providing a host of workers to se- 

 cure sweets that nature provides in proper season; 

 weak swarms cannot do this. Sometimes a swarm 

 is we'ik in consequence of too much food being 

 stored ia their combs, thus giving no chance to 

 increase, as empty comb is the nursery for young 

 brood 



When this is the case, which is easily discov- 

 ered by examination, remove a full frame or even 

 two from tue outside ; shift those adjacent into 

 the place of those taken away; then go to some 

 hive deficient in honey, remove from that an 

 equal number of frames, giving them the full 

 frames instead; and finally, place the empty 

 comb in or uear the center of the first hive Yon 

 will, by this means, equalize the space and food 

 in both hive«, and consequently benefit both. 



liives 'to red in winter quarters should be taken 

 out immediately. We are not, however, great 

 bellevera in winter shelter, or any artificial means 

 by which the early rising of brood is furthered. — 

 Ohio Fa mer. , . . ./^;c 



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t)Sf The " American Fruit Guitarist " gives 

 the foll-^wing explanation of Pomological Terms : 



Alburnum— Tthe sap-wood, as distinguished 

 from the heart- wood. . 



Border — Artificial bed of enriched earth. 



Callus — Ring or swollen portion formed at the 

 base of a cutting, by the descending cambium. 



Cambium — The soft wood, newly forming be- 

 neath the bark 



Canes — Long, bearing shoots; applied to grapes 

 and raspberries. 



Clipping— Trimming down to some definite 

 shape. ^ . 



Coxcomb — Applied to the form of strawberries 

 ■when much compressed at the sides. 



Crenate — Notched or cut around like rounded 

 or blunt sijw teeth. ^ 



Dwarfs — Trees made diminutive py grafting or 

 budding upon stocks of small growth. . 



Espitlier — A tree trained flat upon a trellis. 



En quenouille — Training to produce fruitful- 

 ness, by tying the branciies downwards. 



Fibrous roots — -The smaller, branching, or 

 thread-like roots. 



Forcing- — The early ripening of fruits by arti- 

 ficial heat under glnss. 



Fore right shoot — The terminal shoot of a 

 branch. 



Head back^To cut oflF the limbs of a tree part 

 way down. 



Lay in — 'Applied to selecting and fastening t#' 

 a trellis or wall, new branches or shoots. ,' 



Lay in by the heels — To bury the roots of trees' ' 

 temporarily in a trench. 



Leading shof>t — The longest or main shoot of 

 a limb or tree. 



How Can those Ants be Destroyed ?^ — In re- 

 gard to this query, J. H. F., of Macoupin coun^, 

 nis., writing to the "Country Gent," sayss * V^ 



*' They are almost as troublesome as the plagnet 

 of Egypt. I will tell you what they do, and you 

 can judge for yourselves. They made their ap- 

 pearance first nine years ago, when th^ house 

 was built, and in numbers have increased every 

 year until the last, when they were almost intol- 

 erable. In the spring of the year when the 

 weather is warm enough for them, they show 

 themselves on the surface of the ground around 

 the house in vast numbers. They then make 

 their way into the house, visiting every depart- 

 ment where they can fid anything to plunder 

 that suits their taste, nming which are flour, 

 meal, meat, and in fict everyhing oi a greasy 

 nature, passing independently over sugar or any 

 vessel containinjr sweete-iing. In a box of bacon 

 packed in ashes k^t &mrmer they made great 

 depredation, baling a narrow strip for a highway 

 to the wall of the house, and when warm enough 

 they were eonstialy pa-sing and repassing, until 

 their track was ^1 'ii'ly marked with grease. The 

 only way discove'e i to keep them out of a ves- 

 sel is to sit it in another and larg'^r one contain- 

 ing water, or put the article to be kept from them 

 on a bench, and keen the legs well tarred with 

 fresh tar. They are of a light yellow color, and 

 are very small, so small that six of them are not 

 larger than the head of h pin, and it is difficult 

 to detect them in anything of 'their color. If 

 any one havinji pnme exr>erience in ridding a 

 place of that sort of ant will give information 

 how to do it, they will c nfer a favor on at least 

 the inmates of one Swelling." 



Coal Tab ani' Rjsin. — A correspondent of the' 

 "Country Gentleman," s?ys an article appeared 

 in that paper inquiring whether coal tar and 

 pitch applied to timber would preserve it froAi 

 decay while under ground. Ihe past year I 

 have been expeiimenting with preparations of 

 that kind, fer the i urpost-s aforesaid, rn ' believe 

 I have discovered a snre remedy or p>:ft.\ tiye of 

 decay, which can be made as follows: 



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