. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 333 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. Decern can keep them year after year without danger of being destroyed. When bees die during the winter, in the spring I take out the combs, pare off queen cells and other needless bits of comb, and scrape the frames clean. I then scrub out the hive with boiling suds, rinse with boiling water, and when it is dry return the combs. Then the hive is stored in the cellar. Sometimes I discover hives tenant- less in May, and when I remove the combs find the grubs of the bee-moth parading through their galleries. These gentry
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 333 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. Decern can keep them year after year without danger of being destroyed. When bees die during the winter, in the spring I take out the combs, pare off queen cells and other needless bits of comb, and scrape the frames clean. I then scrub out the hive with boiling suds, rinse with boiling water, and when it is dry return the combs. Then the hive is stored in the cellar. Sometimes I discover hives tenant- less in May, and when I remove the combs find the grubs of the bee-moth parading through their galleries. These gentry I remove with a darning needle or some sharp pointed instru- ment without breaking the comb, and when the combs are ready they are stored in the cellar. After a week or ten days I examine all the combs carefully, and remove all grubs that have developed. I do this three times, and seldom find one during the third examination. Life does not come from nothing, and after all the moth eggs are hatched there will be no more grubs. No moths are allowed to ma- ture there, and the cellar windows are covered with wire gauze. If combs that are used for extract- ing are exposed to zero weather, the eggs of the moth well be destroyed. If they are stored where the bee-moth cannot get at them to lay her eggs, they will be safe from the inroad of these marauders. Peoria, 111. "How TO Manage Bees," a 50c book, and the American Bee-Keep- ER a year for only 60c, or A. B. C. of Bee Culture and the Bee-Keeper one year for 75c, or including Glean- ings one year for $ Editor Am. Bee —^Dear Sir: It is about time now for wide- awake bee-keepers to be thinking of getting their sections ready for next summer. In order to have combs fastened at the bottom in sections I have tried putting in "V" shaped foundation starters 31 inches wide and 41 inches deep—J wide at the bot- tom, and fasten them at the top and bottom. 1 like this plan better than filling the sections
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