Izal as a Preyentative. 



The process of cufe can be hastened, and risks of further infection 

 checked by the use of Izal sprayed over and betweeji tlie frames in the 

 proportion of one teaspoonful to one quart of warm water. The quilt 

 should also be saturated, and returned wet. 



For feediiiir, use one teaspoonful to every 10-lb. of syrup, stirring 

 in well when below 100", 



Badly affected combs can Ije remo\ed and sprayed well over each 

 side, and returned one at a time to the centre of the brood nest, as 

 the bees are able to cover and make use of them under careful stim- 

 ulative feeding. 



There is no dtsviisc known lo bees but •ivliat can be readily checked, and easily 

 cnrcd, wlierc inlelligcnt manipulation is bronghl to bear upon the case, and no 

 diminnalion of profit need occur. 



SAFETY IN QUEEN INTRODUCTION. 



Be sure your stock is queeuless before rushing in a new queen ; then 

 at a later date write to the breeder you purchased from saying he sent 

 you a useless queen, when the fact was the genuine queen's fate was 

 sealed from the moment you inserted her. 



This is no uncommon occurrence where a queen is overlooked. 

 Never forget that a fertile mother is rarely missing unless the bees have 

 reared a A-irgin to supersede her, and it is useless to put in a \aluable 

 queen before such is found. 



The Only Definite Method 



is that of supplying the supposed queenless stock with a coml) of 

 unsealed brood, when after a day or two, the evidence as to queen 

 cells being started, or otherwise, is a sure guide. 



Don't forget that a virgin, if present, or queen cells if started, must 

 always be left until the same moment that you give the fertile queen, 

 when the bees will be in a naturally receptive condition. 



COIWB HONEY PRODUCTION. 



In Simmins' pamphlet on " Prevention of Swarming," published some 

 40 years ago, he showed how the usual surplus in sections may be 

 doubled or trebled where the bee-keeper will take the trouble to get 

 liis section combs partbj built before the actual honey glut occurs." 



Worked-out Section Combs. 



The foundation may be partly drawn out by "starting" full sheets 

 of thin f(3undatiou in between the brood combs of a vigorous colony. 



