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4th. This is best used on locusts in the early or hopping stages, and 
distributed by placing small portions where the young locusts are feeding, and 
smearing the patches. If rain or heavy dews are prevalent, the moisture thus 
received will keep the fungus growing until all has been eaten; if weather is 
dry, carefully water infected patches every evening until the fungus food has 
disappeared. Catch young locusts in net, and bring them to feed on the 
infected patches. 
REMARKS. 
A tube of fungus will make a basin of bread fungus, and the fungus 
prove on the bread will make many glass or water fungus, or basins of bread 
ungus. If the weather is moist at the time of infection, results should ensue 
in at least a week; if dry, it may take three or even four weeks. or locusts 
in the flying or full-grown stages the water fungus is the proper treatment, and 
is also splendidly adapted to the hopping stage as well. Locusts die some 
distance away from the place of infection, generally in a south-east direction. 
They turn a liver colour when dead, and will be found along ditches.in grass 
and depressions of the ground, in clusters and singly, depending whether swarms 
are large or smali. The best results can be obtained by frequent infections in 
various places, as the insects are easily destroyed in the early stages. 
Apiculture. 
HOW TO FIND THE QUEEN. 
A Californian beekeeper writes to the Beekeeper’s Review as follows :— 
“Blow some smoke into the entrance to alarm the colony. Two or three 
puffs will be sufficient. Take off the cover, and watch the behaviour of the 
bees. Those at a distance from the queen will come up between the frames 
and walk across the top bars. Keep close watch. Finally, at a given point, a 
dozen or two will stop, and sort of smell down between two certain frames. If 
these two frames are taken out together, the queen will be about the first 
thing seen when they are separated. This method never fails with me; but 
some little experience is necessary in order to catch on to the trick.” 
TO DESTROY GRUBS AND BLIGHT ON VEGETABLES. 
Get the ground ready long before you sow or plant it. Turn it over 
frequently to give it the full benefit of light and air. A day or two before 
planting give it a thorough turning over. By doing this, you destroy the 
grubs and their larve. ‘The birds also will help in the work. Next, get some 
waste from a tobacco factory. Make a strong solution of it. If you cannot 
get waste, expend a couple of figs of tobacco. Do not use it too strong on 
very young plants. If grub or fly or blight appear, water the vegetables every 
other day with it. It will have more effect on insect life than Bordeaux 
mixture or Paris green. These latter are useful in destroying fungoid diseases, 
but they are dangerous, as they contain arsenic and copper. 
