The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
993 
How to Get Rid of Bees 
!‘nd<*r the eaves of my house in the 
country, where the drain pine comes out 
and goes to the ground, a colony of honey 
bees have established themselves inside of 
the woodwork, and they have now multi¬ 
plied so that it is very difficult to screen 
the bedrooms on the second and third 
floors by reason of their being constantly 
outside, ready to sting anyone who tries. 
It is impossible for me to burn or smother 
these bees with smoke, inasmuch as that, 
would discolor the paint under the eaves 
and on the side of the house, and it is 
also impossible for me to get at them 
without virtually tearing away a very 
expensive part of the construction of the 
same. 
Would it be possible for me to use a 
formaldehyde or some chloroform solution 
that would not injure the house, and at 
the same time rid me of this nuisance, as 
it has been going on now for several 
years, and it is getting to be very irksome, 
not to say dangerous? e, r. 
Pennsylvania. 
I think E. I’, might succeed in exter¬ 
minating the bees by using either for¬ 
maldehyde or gasoline, provided he could 
apply it on or near the cluster of bees and 
close up all openings so as to make it. as 
nearly airtight as possible, and leaving 
them closed in for some time. If this 
method were used, it would be necessary 
to open or tear away some part "f the 
building and remove the dead bees and 
brood, or it would result in a very bad 
odor throughout the house on account of i 
the decaying bees and brood. 
Everywhere, the Hupmobile makes supplies, around the farm with tools 
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The Squash Bug 
I am sending two bugs or beetles which 
work on my cucumbers and squash, tak¬ 
ing the squash in preference t<> the cu¬ 
cumbers. They do not seem to eat the 
leaves, hut either suck the sap from the 
nle hill o 
ear they 
icrs and 
ginning 
atch out 
tern oil', 
I would suggest that the best way of 
removing the bees without damage to the 
building would be to place a bee escape 
iu the opening where the ltees enter and 
leave the house, using care to see that 
all other openings are closed tight, so 
that the bees could not enter anywhere. 
The bee escape can he purchased from 
any beekeeper’s supply dealer for about 
15 cents, and acts on the principal of a 
gate or check valve, allowing the bees to 
pass through it only in one direction. 
It would be best to employ someone 
familiar with bees to do this, as by plac¬ 
ing nuclei or hive containing brood and 
combs near to the outside entrance and 
the bees, upon being unable to enter their 
old borne, would enter the new one, and 
when all of the brood have hatched and 
emerged, which takes about 20 days, the 
hive and bees can be removed to a new 
location or destroyed. e. c. kyte. 
11. N.-T.—Other readers suggest the 
use of bisulphide of carbon to kill the 
bees. The best way will be to employ 
some practical beekeeper, if there is any 
such man in the neighborhood. As a 
rule, these practical men are able to study 
such a case and devise some remedy. 
Anyone who does not understand bees 
would have a job on liis hands. 
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