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Now, if this theory be correct, and the bees do ac- 

 tually carry these eggs among the combs, is there not 

 a great deal of lost labor in trying to construct a moth- 

 proof hive ? The moth, or rather the worms, are ever 

 present to devour the combs, whenever the bees have 

 left them in this season. 



METHOD OF KILLINO WORMS IN BOXES. 



Now, whether you are satisfied or not with the fore- 

 going, we will proceed with the remedy. Perhaps you 

 may find one box in ten that will have no worms about 

 it, others may contain from one to twenty when they 

 have been off a week or more. All the eggs should 

 have a chance to hatch, which in cool weather may be 

 three weeks. They should be watched, that no worms 

 get large enough to injure the combs much, before 

 they are destroyed. Get a close barrel or box that 

 will exclude the air as much as possible ; in this put 

 the boxes, with the holes or bottom open. In one 

 corner leave a place for a cup or dish of some kind, to 

 hold some sulphur matches while.burning. (They are 

 made by dipping paper or rags in melted sulphur.) 

 When all is ready, ignite the niatches, and cover close 

 for several hours. A little care is required to have it 

 just right: if too little is used, the worms are not killed; 

 if too much, it gives the combs a green color. A little 

 experience will soon enable yoii to judge. If the worms 

 are not killed on the first trial, another dose must be 

 administered. Much less sulphur will adhere to paper 

 or rags, if it is very hot, when dipped, than When just 

 above Aelemp#a.ture necessary to melt it; this should 



