. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July 13 190S THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 491 sure to have a good deal more drone-comb built than you will like, and the loss from rearing and feeding a big crop of drones will more than counterbalance all you will save on the foundation. 3. Yes, you can help in that way, but it is the bees themselves that must be depended upon to keep out the moths. Don't lay the blame on the old hive. A weak colony, espe- cially if the bees are of black blood, will allow the moths to get the start of them in a new as as well as an old hive; and a strong, active colony o
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. July 13 190S THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL 491 sure to have a good deal more drone-comb built than you will like, and the loss from rearing and feeding a big crop of drones will more than counterbalance all you will save on the foundation. 3. Yes, you can help in that way, but it is the bees themselves that must be depended upon to keep out the moths. Don't lay the blame on the old hive. A weak colony, espe- cially if the bees are of black blood, will allow the moths to get the start of them in a new as as well as an old hive; and a strong, active colony of black bees, or even a weak colony of vigorous Italian blood will not suffer the presence of moths. Lift out the frames one after another, shake or brush off the bees, and look for the silken galleries of the worms. They will be found more especially in the cappingsof the sealed brood. Take a bis pin, wire nail, or some- thing of the kind, and tear open the gallery at one end. Then begin at the other end, tearing it open as you go, and you will thus drive along Mr. Worm till he comes out at the hole you first made. Tnen when he is at your mercy you can end his existence in any way that suits your fancy. 4. The combs containing the brood can be cut out and fastened into the new frames in the regular way of transferring, filling the frame with combs and tying strings about it till the bees fasten it in. Perhaps an easier way will be to leave in the old hive all the frames with just enough bees to keep the brood from chilling, and then when all the brood is hatched out, which will be in 3 weeks from the time of transferring, drive or shake out all the rest of the bees. But it may be that your bees will do all right m the old hive. Don't send any postage stamps when you write to this department, and write just as long letters as you Send Questions either to the office of the American Bee Journal, or to Db. C. C. Miller, Marengo, 111. Dr. Miller does 7iot answer Questions by
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