230 BEES AND BEE-KEEPING. 



bo nicely in every part of the combs, even in the ab- 

 sence of positive proof. 



It is true, I have very frequently seen the miller 

 in the evening alight near the entrance of hives 

 without apparently designing to enter, and the bees 

 would run after it around the stool, or on the sides 

 of the hive ; but it was generally like a sheep running 

 after a dog, whenever it would turn, the bees would 

 give way and get out of its track. 



nOW TO KILL WORMS IN HONEY. 



I here give Mr. Quinby's method of killing worms 

 in honey boxes. I had practiced it to some extent 

 prior to seeing his work, but cannot describe it better 

 than by, giving his own language. He says : " Per- 

 haps 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." (In warm 

 weather all will hatch in ten days or less.) " 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," turned downward. Arrange 

 them nicely, leaving a space in one corner to set "a 

 cup or dish of some kind, to hold sulphur matches 

 while burning. (They are made by dipping rags or 

 paper into melted sulphur.) When all is ready, 

 ignite the matches, and cover close for several hours. 



