. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 37th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 15, 1897. No. 15. View of Mr. C. W. McKown's Apiary. Mr. McKown beKan the bee-business In 1878, in a small way, by buying a few colonies in box-hives, and past through about the usual experience of others in getting them home and transferring them to movable-frame hives. In moving them home the combs broke down in two of the hives, and daubed and drowned the bees. Then in transferring there were more failures, as a natural consequence with a beginner. His only help was Prof. Cook's " Manual of the Apiary," and
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 37th Year. CHICAGO, ILL., APRIL 15, 1897. No. 15. View of Mr. C. W. McKown's Apiary. Mr. McKown beKan the bee-business In 1878, in a small way, by buying a few colonies in box-hives, and past through about the usual experience of others in getting them home and transferring them to movable-frame hives. In moving them home the combs broke down in two of the hives, and daubed and drowned the bees. Then in transferring there were more failures, as a natural consequence with a beginner. His only help was Prof. Cook's " Manual of the Apiary," and the American Bee Journal. After transferring, he secured some Italian queens, and had the first and only yellow bees in his vicinity at that time. Winter losses were heavy, and as he had to winter them on the summer stands, he changed all into double-walled hives. Since then (for 12 years) winter losses have been very light. For four years profit and loss were about equally divided, but. Wax Moth and Worms in Comb Honey. BY 6. M. DOOLITTLE. One of our oldest and largest comb honey producers writes me thus: Please give us through the columns of the American Bee Journal the best method of keeping comb honey from worms, or the larvae of the wax-moth ; how to destroy such as may be in it when taken from the hive, etc. By doing this you will. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original [Hamilton, Ill. , etc. , Dadant & Sons]
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