| Show = ANTS VS BEES I A Irattlcil DfeVtiptr fllrei Some Illiili on the Lattit lest I and Ui Itemtdf I Aee Cvrepnndtr hrlrel I I HALT IAKB CITY Bept 11583 1 Men good IOlnl have bn orjughl through the agitation of thus ant queitlon They have come ai R new enemy or best to the beeLicpera In I ome localltlee within the last two or three yiatt 1 hence tome of our hoe keepers hiive lost many ol their bee before they woke up to tho fact that the ants were Injuring their bee Oil of about two hundred letkepernthat have vlillej tlill summit I lute founu cots lu from 20 taifl proem and In a few pieces they were very troubleiome I I visited one man three lime i > nd nil until the sot toil dittroyod more tin half of till bees could I cotivlnci him nf the hove they were nuklm b it hi now keeping them oO ai I haveaud lie lejilbtl Ihe Un are ReltlnC alorR all light While I have not been able to nol anything yet that will Mteimlntl them entirely I have iucccudt l In keeping them from the hive by making mak-ing stands la let the hive on If I the ground li I nearly level I take lU Pont about n foot tong with three crou pieces and two long loantllu lor Mch Hand then I pilot a two loot ring atound each post I Hut Ultll tar tot It dries too quick Nownlter moor experiment snot rllllllll un two or tune coot of tar lo form ab > ly I Uiod a mlilufe ol shout 31U Iud 1lU sit grease 3 10 Ir t undo little or Ito white le iTIie onto wonHifo over toleIt will keep ill s million mttiy none After Ithrs lost I t au or Clime ioli II I will keep them ml flvoor lilt weeks auraelluiei without renew Inc If Ituvory hot cud thorn II lit tie or 110 shade add a little more Ur cud white lead I Hlnce 1 have wed this mixture 1 have not toot l any ton with antl txte t once In > while one that they wiy otcli on the ground li I they ono get hold or a bee they never let go while them li any life Itt I TrIO ante hove hero hslug thing tretly I much their own way lout enough We have a fun red ruled rule-d ee loine large flying once but It li i Iheee little black iti Ihat ate a Irrrot 11 o0 our bee Uo klud li I leo than J if an Inn loud the uther It I about lu 01 an Into 10000 hurl that lime our wrotau 0110 01 our boo > pope re jnjelline ego that the ant uu bOil JJrolli bee I become the tee carried Ibm oil II Till It a mistake Willie III true h that the bee often lllei oil with the tbojournry ends lu the death of the tee while the ImlKliltlcJUl little villain that gets cite ride I ready for action wherever he may land Home ople l think the beet Imvo a tendency 10 spreal the stole In this way Ou thing to 1 certatnwhen they once get tailed In a hive Ihey oou oboe out the tees t II I they are lift door and then they haTe a > lonlo carrying I till the honey Of touts each antcirrlei tout a null load but they generally get force enough to make short worn 1 ul II While bare ulllloni vf nuts lift 1 yet thai I would be glad to dlipoie if be al any price I do not think I that have over oneleutU a > many M Ibid last yeor 1 have tried a great many thluti that t bare seen In print l > ouch ai polionluK and ao forth I bn caught o greet many with hooey and water but the 11 ne man lib It and crowd 5 toe pan ur pall wnlle the cools being of a greedy and pug oacloui stun ni they ruu around the laU nil chu to tusk o dnhatthe HjJ abut they iiilM Un llr and ht their hold at the mwe Hue i 1 hn caught a mace ot soul half an 1 Inch thick tbli way alto many jelljw jickeli aud moll f There hit been a treat deal of com rlalotthli I year by tome of our bee hoop en li the dettruollou oheed by thoie yellowhcketi or wiipi end alia Nollherof rot ol the moth Neither of this peals can do any barm If I toe swarm ol bar ba-r all strong eireclally II the entrance en-trance to the hlie l > cutlulled to about three louithi ul 00 Inch I had a weak worm the lint of any which were attacked by them yellow jickeli 1 law that tui latter wele gettinK the belt of the light When 1 examined Iou btve found the tics had a fertile worker but no queen 1 luck them r Into soother hive then Ih yellow t lacked tried their belt tu not Into Ike other hlrei 1 m 1 but without luoceie The few that did r soc cord In lietllnn In weie loon killed and carried out aiialn IJ rl The only advent R51105 yellowJick etl 1 hoed thai they gel around earlier 1 In the mornloic thin Ibu beer but II I tie hers ore Irolll C they Mill icon eel rid ol them Hut reiurn to the and a alm have hud the blue will hulling water and turulUK with coal oil clacked It j lime I and coil Mhti are good 10 spread round to keep the anti away from the Tlclully of the hives Wblle we hate cols 1 hereto Ulah oar friend Uajto of California knock ui out entirely both for ilu 1 clod quantity Wo gracefully grace-fully surrender our claim and wlin Mr Dayton tucciM lu I lile etloitu to liter bloat them II S IxiVUV |
