Gleanings in bee culture . usand-colo-ny man eight or ten years unless he paintsthe workers. This solution of benzoin has a strong butvery pleasant scent; and if odor had muchto do with our queens, the scent of thebenzoin would have led to all mine beingpromptly balled, whereas not one met sucka fate. Its peculiarity for our use is thatthe paint is dry and washable in a few min-utes. In fact, 30 seconds suffices to dryquite a thick application on the queen. Having obtained a clear liquid tincture,use any dry color you fancy, taking care toavoid red lead or even white lead, as eithermay kill ei
Gleanings in bee culture . usand-colo-ny man eight or ten years unless he paintsthe workers. This solution of benzoin has a strong butvery pleasant scent; and if odor had muchto do with our queens, the scent of thebenzoin would have led to all mine beingpromptly balled, whereas not one met sucka fate. Its peculiarity for our use is thatthe paint is dry and washable in a few min-utes. In fact, 30 seconds suffices to dryquite a thick application on the queen. Having obtained a clear liquid tincture,use any dry color you fancy, taking care toavoid red lead or even white lead, as eithermay kill either the queen or the bees whichmight try to lick this decoration from thequeens back. I took dry-powder lemonchrome, of which any painter will sell, fora few cents, a sufficient quantity to last alifetime. It costs about 14 cents per pound. Take a very small domestic-essence bottleand a piece of wire (say one strand of barbwire) cut off enough to reach to the bottomof the bottle, and to stick up a quarter of APRIL 1, 1913. -Home apiary of Daniel Danielson, Brush. Colo. Through the center of this apiary runs a track forthe hand-car shown, which is used for carrying supplies in and out of the yard. an inch through the cork, through which itmust be pierced. Bend the wiie over toprevent the cork from coming off. Nowflatten with a hammer the other end of thewire to make a spatula with which to applythe paint. Fill the bottle about half full of tincture,and drop into it any coloring matter a saltspoonful of liquid bluing doesvery well. If 3-ou have to use a dry pieceit acts just as well. This washing-blue aloneI find is too dark. Queens marked with itare very little easier to find than if unmark-ed ; so, mix a little whiting, chalk, dry whiteclay, or any thing that will lighten the blue,and remember that it dries considerablylighter than it appears in the bottle. Mixyellow and washing-blue for green, as pow-der greens all contain either copper or ar-senic, and we wish to
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