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be made of gauze wire to act as a strainer, the other of tin. Eoom 

 should be left at one end of the box to receive a vessel to catch 

 the wax as it drips through the gauze wire. The cover should be 

 easily removed. Place the box at an angle of about 20 degrees, 

 facing the sun. All pieces of waste comb should be thrown into 

 it. Always keep the cover on, night and day. It will soon pay 

 for itself. Waste bits of comb lying about encourages the bee 

 moth. 



Solar Extractor. 



The best time to manipulate bees is when the day is bright- 

 est. The best site for your bees will be the most convenient, so 

 long as they are sheltered from the cold winds of winter. Put the 

 hive about 3 or 4 inches from the ground, resting on bricks, with 

 a platform having a gentle slope, inclining from the alighting 

 board to the ground, and be sure to make the roof water-proof. 

 The cement floor as advocated, you will find far better than wood. 

 Bee-keeping will pay if it be properly looked after, if it be only 

 one or two hives to supply honey for your own table. , 



The principal diseases of bees are foul brood and moth. If 

 the hives are examined occasionally, diseased comb or moth larvae 

 can be removed and destroyed. 



