. 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. ANTS. 18 ANTS. coarse enough to admit the ants. They will work on these poison- ous mixtures, and carry them home to their young, with the result that both mature insects as well as larvse will be destroy- ed, no matter where the nest may be. E. H. Schfeffle, of Murphys, Cal- ifornia, who rec- ommends this. THE AUTHORS' APIARY IN CUBA. method of feed- ^'""•^ ci^ht or ten years ago we owned and operated an apiary in Cuba, th
. 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. ANTS. 18 ANTS. coarse enough to admit the ants. They will work on these poison- ous mixtures, and carry them home to their young, with the result that both mature insects as well as larvse will be destroy- ed, no matter where the nest may be. E. H. Schfeffle, of Murphys, Cal- ifornia, who rec- ommends this. THE AUTHORS' APIARY IN CUBA. method of feed- ^'""•^ ci^ht or ten years ago we owned and operated an apiary in Cuba, the same run for honey as well as Ijees and queens; but tiie poor seasons finally com- pelled us to al)aHdon it. . The hives heie shown are in straight rows and close tos'ether. Experience showed that this was a mistake, for there were no d'stinji'uishing' ol)jects by which the bees could mark their homes, and as a result theie was more or less confusion and robbing-. i n g a n ts with poisoned sweets, says the plan is very effective, for their visita- tions will soon cease. But he stipulates that the box contain- ing the poison- ous sweet should be placed in the trail of the ants. When it does not seem prac- ticable to de- stroy the pests they may be kept away from tlu' hive temporarilv by poiu'ing a lit- tle narrow trail of kerosene clear. 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 Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923; Root, E. R. (Ernest Rob), 1862-1953. Medina, Ohio, The A. I. Root Company
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