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of carbon is more easily used than is sulphur, and is quite as 

 effective. This needs only to be turned into the close box 

 holding the sections. Sections may be treated in a close barrel 

 covered with oil-cloth. The vapors form very quickly, and are 

 deadly to all insects. It is used in mills to kill flour insects ; in 

 special houses or barrels to kill pea and bean weevils ; in their 

 runs to kill squirrels and gophers ; in holes, or in their hills, 

 to kill ants. In all such use great care must be exercised, as 

 it is as inflammable as is gasoline, and it vaporizes even more 

 quickly. The quick vaporization is what makes it so efi^ective. 

 An inferior article, which is as good for all these purposes, 

 sells very cheaply. 



If one-pound sections are used with separators bees will 

 seldom enter them to store pollen, and, with no pollen at all in 



Fig. 190. 



12-lb. and 24-lb. Shipping-Cases. — From A, I. Soot Co. 



the combs, moths are not likely to be troublesome. If separa- 

 tors have been used, these sections are in good condition to ship, 

 as they may stand side by side and not mar the comb. 



The shipping-case (Fig. 190) should be strong, neat and 

 cheap, with handles — such handles are also convenient in the 

 ends of the hives (Fig. 159), and can be cut in an instant by 

 having the circular saw set to wabble. With handles the case 

 is more convenient, and is more sure to be set on its bottom. 

 The case should also be glassed, as the sight of the comb will 

 say: "Handle with care." It is always wiser to buy ship- 

 ping-cases in the "knock-down." They are neater, and 

 usually cheaper than home-made ones. Strong paper trays 



