54 BOXES FOR SURPLUS HONEY. 



Open the passages in the boxes ; have ready a tight, 

 clean box ; saturate some very dry pine shavings 

 with melted sulphur. After placing your boxes of 

 honey in the box, set a saucer or plate in the box 

 at the bottom, away from the honey boxes, so they 

 will not take fire. Do not use too many shavings ; 

 if you do, it will injure the honey comb in the boxes, 

 by giving it a green color, and imparting to it a 

 disagreeable taste ; a half-dozen shavings each four 

 inches long is enough. Place them in the dish and 

 ignite them, and cover closely, so no fumes can es- 

 cape ; let them remain for a few minutes., — not 

 more than fiVe, less is often sufficient ; it depends 

 something on the amount of sulphur adhering to 

 the shavmgs, as well as the size of box, number of 

 boxes to be fumigated, etc. With a little practice 

 you will manage correctly and successfully. As 

 soon as the boxes are fumigated, seal up every 

 opening carefully., and set away as before directed, 

 in a dry., dark., cool room. Watch the boxes for 

 a few days, to be sure the worms are all killed. If 

 you find they are not, give them another dose of the 

 sulphur. After the worms are all killed, and every 

 opening to the box sealed up, wrap each box sep- 

 arately in paper, and they will be safe through the 

 summer. 



How the eggs of the moth get into the boxes, has 

 always puzzled bee keepers. It is hardly possible 

 for the moth miller to pass through a hive crowded 

 with bees, to deposit her eggs in the crowded boxes. 

 How they get there must be guess work — that they 

 are there is well known to many bee keepers. I 

 feel very confident that the eggs are deposited there 

 after the boxes are taken from the hive, aiid while 

 we are getting the bees out of the boxes. 



