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be considered, as well as tbe number of boxes to be 
smoked, size of the vessel used in smoking them, &c. 
Whether this gas from burning sulphur will destroy 
the eggs of the moth before the worm appears, I have 
not tested sufficiently to decide ; but I do know that 
it is an effectual quietus for the larvae 1 
FREEZING DESTROYS THEM. 
Boxes taken off at the end of warm weather, and 
exposed in a freezing situation through the winter, ap- 
pear to have all the worms as well as eggs for them 
destroyed by the cold ; consequently, all boxes so ex- 
posed, may be kept any length of time ; the only care 
being necessary, to shut out the moth effectually. But 
don’t forget to look out for all combs from which the 
bees have been removed in warm weather. I prefer 
taking off all boxes at the end of the first yield of 
hone}'-, even when I expect to put them on again for 
buckwheat honey. The bees at this season collect a 
great abundance of propolis, which they spread over 
the inside of the boxes as well as hive; in some in- 
stances it is spread on the glass so thick as to prevent 
the quality of honey being seen. There is no neces- 
sity for boxes on a hive at any season when there is 
no yield of honey to fill them. Sometimes even in a 
yield of buckwheat honey, a stock may contain too 
few bees to fill boxes, but just a few may go into them 
and put on the propolis; this should not be allowed, as 
it makes it look bad when used another year. At this 
season, (August) some old stocks may be full of combs, 
and but few bees, but swarms when they have got the 
