. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 430 May 23, 1907 American ISae Journal Carbon Bisulphide for Eggs and Larvs of Wax-Moth J. L. Byer, in the Canadian Bee Journal, expresses increasing confidence in this rem- edy, and has proved to his satisfaction that a box or room does not necessarily have to be nearly air-tight for the drug to do its work effectively. He says: Formerly our local druggists charged me 5 cents per ounce, but now I buy all I want from them at '_'5 cents a pound, and I surmise that at that figure tbey have a " reasonable " profit. If you have many hives full o
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 430 May 23, 1907 American ISae Journal Carbon Bisulphide for Eggs and Larvs of Wax-Moth J. L. Byer, in the Canadian Bee Journal, expresses increasing confidence in this rem- edy, and has proved to his satisfaction that a box or room does not necessarily have to be nearly air-tight for the drug to do its work effectively. He says: Formerly our local druggists charged me 5 cents per ounce, but now I buy all I want from them at '_'5 cents a pound, and I surmise that at that figure tbey have a " reasonable " profit. If you have many hives full of combs to treat, carry them into a building and stack them up 5 or 6 stories high, put the bisul- phide on top of all and cover securely, and you will be surprised and pleased to see how little of the drug is required to treat a large number of combs. Sulphur may be a trifle cheaper, but it does not destroy the moth- eggs, consequently it has to be used more than once; and it is, besides, a very disagree- able article to flei)U5 - items^ The Weather at Dr. Miller's is de- scribed as follows in a letter sent us May 16: Weather for bees beastly. For one good day there are 2 to 4 bad ones. Dandelions enough to keep bees busy, and fruit is in bloom; but blossoms are no good without weather. No matter how good the season, it will hardly be possible for colonies to build up in time to do good work on clover. Marengo, 111. C. C. Miller. Apiary of G. L. Sauer in Winter.— this appears on the first gage this week. When sending tha photograph on March 2, 1907, Mr. Sauer wrote as follows : The picture of my apiary shows how I have the hives packed for the winter on the sum- mer stands. I have 53 colonies, 45 of which are strong and in good shape; 8 were late swarms, and weak, but I fed them some last fall, and put a super with some honey in it on each, so I think they will pull through. In preparing my bees for winter, I put wire screen on the bottom of the top box, then on the
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