SECURING HONEY FROM THE MOTH. 185 
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 KILLING 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 matches, 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 you 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 the temperature necessary to melt it; this should 
