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keej) it sweet, and pi-events it IVom lieinu ;i Ijreeiling jilace for 

 iiiosqaitoes. 



CORK OHTPS FOR WATERING. 



But I hit upon something that is so elTective, so cheap, and 

 so little trouble, that I can hardly imagine anything- better. Go 

 to your grocer and ask him to save you some cork chips, such 

 as he gets in kegs of gi-apes, and i)rol5aljly throws away. Take 

 a i^ail or otlier vessel (I use a hall-barrel), put in as nuich 



Fig. 31 — Part <if Home Apiary (from Northwest) . 



water as you like, and on this put so much of the cork chips 

 that the water will barely come up enough for the bees to reach. 

 A bee can not drown in this. When tiie watei- gets low, a 

 fresh su])ply can be poured in, ami it does no great harm to 

 |;oiii' it directly on tlie bees. They <diml) easily lo the to|) of 

 tlie coik after tiieii- batli. The cork remains effci'tne tlj}ough- 

 out a whole season. 



It is important to start the watering-place early in tlie 

 season, before Ihe bees make a start at some pump or other 

 place ^^ lieie they uill be troulilesome. 



