The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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insects Boring Through Quinces 
We are troubled with some kind of in¬ 
sect that bores into our quinces and com¬ 
pletely riddles the fruit. Two years ago 
last Spring our trees were sprayed. That 
Fall the quinces were of no value at all. 
Last year they were not sprayed, and 
they were in the same condition. The 
quinces looked as though some insect 
had bored inside and then had just bored 
all around inside of the fruit. H. D. K. 
Norwalk, Conn. 
One of two pests of the quince is re¬ 
sponsible for the injuries described by 
II. D. K. The fruit is riddled either by 
the larva of the codling moth, the famil¬ 
iar “worm” commonly seen in apples, or 
by the grub of the quince curculio, the 
most common pest of quinces. In all 
probability the trouble is due to the work 
of the latter pest, especially since the cur¬ 
culio is common in the State of-Connec¬ 
ticut. 
The quince curculio has not been an 
easy insect to control. The adult beetle 
does not devour very much of the sur¬ 
face of the fruit, and therefore does not 
get very much of the poison that may be 
applied to the tree. However, thorough 
applications of poison, supplemented by 
other measures, will succeed in checking 
the pest, and in greatly reducing its in¬ 
juries. To be most effective the spray¬ 
ings should be timed to coincide with the 
appearance of the curculio in the Spring. 
Probably in Connecticut the curculios 
will appear from the middle through the 
latter half of June, at which time the 
spraying should begin. 
Bordeaux mixture, 3-3-50, or lime-sul¬ 
phur, 1-40, with 4 lbs. of powdered ar¬ 
senate of lead to each 100 gallons of mix¬ 
ture, should be applied to the trees as 
soon as the curculios appear, probably 
soon after the middle of June. A second 
application should be made in about one 
week or 10 days. In addition to the 
spraying, the drops and culls should be 
carefully gathered throughout the season 
and destroyed. glenx w. herrick. 
Value of Bees 
I am considering buying some bees. A 
neighbor offers me a hive at $8, with 
honey enough to feed them through the 
Winter. These he says are just ordinary 
honey-bees. What kind would you ad¬ 
vise buying, and how much are they 
worth? Any pointers you can give me 
will be appreciated. r. ii. g. 
Northfield, Vt. 
A good colony of bees, free from di¬ 
sease, in a movable frame hive, should 
bring a fair interest on an investment 
of $8, provided they can be wintered suc¬ 
cessfully. Of course there is always an 
element of chance in wintering, espec¬ 
ially to those who are beginners. Italian 
bees are supposed to be the best, all 
points considered. An Italian queen 
could be ordered from the South early 
in the Spring, and your apieultural edu¬ 
cation might well begin by introducing 
a queen. Price of queen about $1.50. It 
will richly pay even for a few colonies, 
to get one of the up-to-date books on the 
care and management of bees. g. w. b. 
Increasing Colonies of Bees 
Last Spring, for the second time. I be¬ 
gan beekeeping. I purchased a “select 
tested” queen to head my first hive of 
three-banded Italian bees. As I hope to 
increase slowly every year I would like a 
clear and simple method of increasing 
from a small beginning. How can I se¬ 
cure a new queen next Spring to head a 
second colony? I expect to take two 
brood frames of bees from my present 
colony, and place them in a new hive in 
the Spring, and let them build up to a 
full strength colony, but how to secure a 
queen, without the necessity of buying, 
for this second hive is my problem. 
New City, N. Y. w. n. t. 
To raise first-class queens, and no | 
others should be tolerated, requires ex- ! 
pert knowledge of the life history and 
habits of the bees that can only be se¬ 
cured by actual work among them, and 
it is my opinion you will be far more 
liable to make a success if you let the 
bees raise their own queens until you 
are thoroughly familiar with them. So 
n 'ait until they swarm; then after two 
or three days break up the old colony 
into three or more parts. Be sure each 
has a good cell, and confine them to their 
new location for three days by stuffing i 
the entrance with green leaves. These 
will wither in a few days, and liberate 
tne bees automatically. Use division 
boards to make the hive fit the colony. 
M. B. D. 
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