. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 493. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY. Beeville, Texas. Moths Destroying Comb Honey. Mrs. Atchley :—I have been bothered lately with moth-worms eating my comb honey. They eat the caps off, and the honey runs out. What can I do to pre- vent it? Also, how shall I get those destroyed that are on my honey ? Walter R. Wood. Bellevue, Del., Sept. 11. Friend Wood, I would put the honey in a tight, small room, and fumigate it with sulphur sufficient to kill the moth, then air the honey well, and crate it and send to market. Or, if the ho
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 493. CONDUCTED BY MRS. JENNIE ATCHLEY. Beeville, Texas. Moths Destroying Comb Honey. Mrs. Atchley :—I have been bothered lately with moth-worms eating my comb honey. They eat the caps off, and the honey runs out. What can I do to pre- vent it? Also, how shall I get those destroyed that are on my honey ? Walter R. Wood. Bellevue, Del., Sept. 11. Friend Wood, I would put the honey in a tight, small room, and fumigate it with sulphur sufficient to kill the moth, then air the honey well, and crate it and send to market. Or, if the honey is not too badly injured, you can just soak the sections in clear water long enough to drown all the moth, and destroy all the eggs. Dry them off, and they will be sweet and clean. But some times the wood of the sections gets a little blue, and does not look so white, but I like it better than the sulphur plan, as I have an idea that I can taste sulphur on fumigated honey. If the unsealed honey in the sections is dissolved in the water, it will be bet- ter, as then they will not leak when crated again. Jennie Atchley. Broom-Weed as a Honey-Plant. Mrs. Atchley:—Yours of Sept. 11th, as well as specimens of the honey-pro- ducing plant, duly received. Accept my thanks for your trouble in sending them. The plant is Outierrezia Texana, of the order compositse, named from Gutierrez, a noble Spanish family. Botanical lists do not give any common name for this plant, but the one in use in your locality —" broom-weed "—seems a good one. It Is near to the golden asters (Chrysopis) and golden-rods (SoUdago), and the but- ton snake-roots or blazing stars (Liatris). I should think on account of its slender branches it would be difficult for the bees to find a lodgment, the blossoms being also small, and hence not easy for them to forage on. When fresh, how- ever, I presume the stems are stiffer. No doubt it stands drouth better than many other honey-plants. Yours truly,
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