. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 5, THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 59 stores are contaminated, as it were, for ever. Judging from a limited experience, I should have thought not. But all things are possible, and I have not observed closely enough to be emphatic. I should have said that the bees could make a clean job of such combs, particularly when assisted by the bee-keeper, who is also deemed impotent in the matter. But I think I could guarantee a clean job. For one thing, granulation in the comb is usually coarse, and .such granules are easily removed, whilst to
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. Feb. 5, THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. 59 stores are contaminated, as it were, for ever. Judging from a limited experience, I should have thought not. But all things are possible, and I have not observed closely enough to be emphatic. I should have said that the bees could make a clean job of such combs, particularly when assisted by the bee-keeper, who is also deemed impotent in the matter. But I think I could guarantee a clean job. For one thing, granulation in the comb is usually coarse, and .such granules are easily removed, whilst to fill such a comb with water should get rid of even the thought of evil! But surety no one would use bait sections containing honey, whether granulated or not! The granulation in the feeder, of which " D. M. ; writes, may be due to the use of over-thick syrup. It is well to fill all feeders with water for a time before finally Mashing and storing them for the winter. Putting on the Roof (p. 35).—It may seem extraordinary to the loossessor of one or two neatly-made hives that there should be more than one method of putting on a roof, but there are, in fact, several. Mr. Herrod's method is infinitely superior to the blundering hit-or-miss method, and Avorks perfectly with well-made furniture. But occasionally one comes across roofs which have only two rebates, or else the rebates do not lie truly in the same plane. Here is a method which covers all possible cases Avhere the roof will go on as placed, and which I invariably try to teach to such candidates as have the misfortune to pass through my hands for examination. Handle the roof as described by Mr. Herrod, but hold it at diagonal corners. Allow the finger-tips to project inwards, as described, to feel for the entering corner of the hive, which should jDass between them. Then lower the roof, and as the one diagonal descends the other must of necessity do. so truly. With this method also, a heavy roof is handled
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