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A. Use a solar wax-extractor, or hold your refuse till you have 

 a sufficient quantity to send to a dealer who makes a business of 

 wax rendering. You may also render the cappings in an ordinary 

 wash boiler, with water. 



Q. (a) How can I dispose of water which is a little sweet so 

 as not to have the bees bother? 



(b) Is there any chemical or other article which can be mixed 

 with the washings of wax and cappings to be thrown out that will 

 not attract the bees? 



A. (a) I have never paid any attention to it, for if it is thrown 

 into a drain or upon the ground it is so diluted that it disappears 

 before the bees pay any attention ' to it. If you find the bees 

 trouble in that way, you could add more water to it before throw- 

 ing it away, so as to make the sweetness very slight, and then if 

 each time you throw it on a new place on the ground, I think you 

 will have no trouble. The reason for extreme caution in the matter 

 is the fear that there might be foulbrood in the honey. Yovi might 

 make a sure thing of it by having a pit dug, into which you would 

 throw the washings, and have the pit covered well. But why not 

 save your sweet water for vinegar making? 



(b) Carbolic acid would, no doubt, be effective. 



Q. When the cappings of brood-cells are sunk, is it always an 

 indication of disease, or are the cappings of healthy brood some- 

 times sunk? 



A. I don't know that the cappings of healthy brood are ever 

 sunk, but dead brood might have sunken cappings without any 

 disease being present; and, of course, dead brood could hardly be 

 called healthy brood. 



Cappings Melter. — Q. Is there any melter that will do fast 

 work and not injure the flavor of the honey that goes through it? 



A. Maybe; but as the Scotchman says, "I hae ma doots." To 

 do fast work there must be considerable heat, so that at least a 

 little of the fine flavor would be hurt. 



Carbon Disulfide. — Q. What quantity of carbon disulfide 

 should be used for a stack of eight 8-frame supers of combs, and 

 how often should the application be made to ensure against wax- 

 worms ? 



A. Four tablespoonfuls ought to suffice. One application is 

 sufficient, unless fresh eggs are laid in them again by the beemoth. 



Carload of Bees. — Q. How many colonies can be shipped in a 

 car? Please give instructions as to how to prepare bees for ship- 



