. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. BEE-KEEPING FOR WOMEN. 47 BEE-MOTH. ideal for our own bee-keeping, and that is to keep bees for honey and for "fun.'' We shall have plenty of honey for our o^Yn table, and just enough to bestow on the neighbors so they will not get tired of it; and fun enough to season life with an out-of-door interest and the feeling that no summer day is likely to pass without a surprise. BEE-KEEFERS' SOCIETIES. See Or- ganization OF Bee-keepe
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. BEE-KEEPING FOR WOMEN. 47 BEE-MOTH. ideal for our own bee-keeping, and that is to keep bees for honey and for "fun.'' We shall have plenty of honey for our o^Yn table, and just enough to bestow on the neighbors so they will not get tired of it; and fun enough to season life with an out-of-door interest and the feeling that no summer day is likely to pass without a surprise. BEE-KEEFERS' SOCIETIES. See Or- ganization OF Bee-keepers. BEE LEGISLATION. ON Bees. See Legislation BIiZ!-]V[OTZI. When you hear a person complain that tlie wax-worm killed his bees, you can set him down at once as knowing very little about bees; and if a hive is of- fered you that has an attachment or trap to square box is, in fact, all we want for a hive; but as we must have the combs removable, we require frames to hold them; and if these frames are made so that bees can get all around and about them, we have done all we can to make a moth-proof hive. Of course, colonies will at times get weak- ened ; and under the best of care, with com- mon bees especially, worms will sometimes be found in the combs. Now if you have the simple hives shown in these pages you can very quickly take out the combs, and with the point of your knife remove every web and worm, scrape ofE the debris, and assist the bees very much. Where there is an accumulation of filth on the bottom- board, lift out all the combs, and brush it off, and be sine you crush all the worms. A sample of how the eggs and cocoons of the bee-moth are deposited on wood. Sometimes the wood grooved or eaten out. The illustration fails to convey the real filthiness of the mass. catch or kill moths, you may set the vender down as a vagabond and swindler. You can scarcely plead ignorance for him; for a man who will take upon himself the respon- sibility of introducing hives, without
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