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them entirely destroy a weak nucleus in a couple of hours. 

 Fortunately they will not swim. 



In localities where they are troublesome all hives should, 

 therefore, be stood on legs, about 10 inches or a foot long, and 

 If inches square, nailed to the floor-boards and stands. 

 When attacked by ants, each leg must be stood in a round 

 tin filled with water or paraffin oil, or better still a mixture 

 of both. Iron shoes (fig. 55), intended to be screwed to the 



Fig. 55. — Iron Shoes for screwing to tlie base of Hive Legs. 



feet of the hive legs, and the cups to be filled with water or 

 parafiin oil, may be had from Messrs. Lee & Sons, of TJxbridge, 

 Middlesex ; Mr. George Rose, of 22 Bolton Street, Liverpool ; 

 or from Messrs. E. H. Taylor, Ltd., of Welwyn, Herts. These 

 are very useful when waging war against ants in England, 

 but for hot countries the cups are generally too small, the 

 great heat evaporating the contents so very quickly. 



Other remedies recommended for getting rid of ants in 

 hot countries are " Ostico," manufactured by Messrs. 

 M'Dougall, of 66 Port Street, Manchester, which should be 

 painted round the legs of the hives. Where this is not 

 obtainable a mixture of tar, pitch, and lard, mixed in 

 proportions to be determined by experiment (according to 

 the heat of the climate), may be painted from time to time 

 round the legs of the hives. Paraffin oil, mixed with six 

 times its bulk of water, sprinkled over ants' nests every few 

 days, is said to drive them away. 



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