. Manual of the apiary. Bees. 216 MANUAL OF THE APIARY. When removed, if demanded, glass the sections, but before this, we should place them in hives one upon another, or special boxes made tight, with a close cover, in which to store either brood-frames in winter or sections at any season, and sulphur them. This is quickly and easily done by use of the smoker. Get the fire in the smoker well to burning, add the sulphur, then place this in the top hive, or top of the special box. The sulphurous fumes will descend and deal out death to all moth larvae. This should alioays be done before shippin
. Manual of the apiary. Bees. 216 MANUAL OF THE APIARY. When removed, if demanded, glass the sections, but before this, we should place them in hives one upon another, or special boxes made tight, with a close cover, in which to store either brood-frames in winter or sections at any season, and sulphur them. This is quickly and easily done by use of the smoker. Get the fire in the smoker well to burning, add the sulphur, then place this in the top hive, or top of the special box. The sulphurous fumes will descend and deal out death to all moth larvae. This should alioays be done before shipping the honey, if we regard our reputations as precious. It is well to do this immediately upon removal, and also two weeks after, so as to destroy the moth larvae not hatched when the sections are removed. If separators have been used, these sections are in good condition to be glassed, and are also in nice shape to ship even without glass, as they may stand side by side and not mar the comb. The shipping-crate (Fig. 71) should be strong, neat and cheap, with handles as seen in Fig. 71—such handles are also Fig. convenient in the ends of the hives, and can be cut in an instant by having the circular-saw set to wabble. With handles the crate is more convenient, and is more sure to be set on its bottom. The crate should also be glassed, as the sight of the comb will say: "Handle with ; Mr. Heddon also makes a larger crate (Fig. 72), which is neat and cheap. Muth's crate is like Heddon's, only smaller. It is well, too, to wrap the sections in paper, as thus break- age of one will not mean general ruin. However, this would be unnecessary in case the sections were of veneer and glassed, as before 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago
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