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Show THE DECS. Uaii la Take Can. of I ni Ij Comb) Alter 1 1 !i lealllr. Wo nro especially IntcreslctI this ear In taking euro of an nuusunl nuuilxrof cxtrt combs those that nro thrown on our hands to caro for by hating so nuny colonlea die, and It Is no email Uk Wo liavu coiisldernbly rnoro tlmu n tlioamn 1 to so nro for Hi n toforo w o i& v ijItcii our rxtri combs to tho tiec to taku care of. I'llllu n 1th o w ith theso combs w o placet! them tindir n strong colony nnd tho Uva would take tho best of uro of them Homctlmm ono colony v.ould takocaro of tcvernl hit m of combs i laceil nndi r it, and I know of po Utter vrn) to i iro for them, i rot IJIng ou hive i lenty of lieee. Hut taking euro of such n number of ii-tra ii-tra tombs must IxiwinoiUtriuieuttotlio bees, as it give them Just no muili txtri vt ork This ear v u nro i cry aiixiour to mnko tho most wo cm of what beca wo hato left, ao wo nro going to try to tako tare of autno of the combs ourseh es In tho rhop cellar wo mileil lathnucich sldo of thu Joists near tho lower edgo. On this lath wo hnng tho frotnoa. Thero not being room to hang them atialght acrou the) went hung on nelant. About an Inch spaco was left betw een them. 1 f there was to be- any great mnonnt of jirrlng, they might notboier) secure, ns thoy hnvo onl) Iho thlckneas of tho lath, about tlireeIghtha of au Inch, to liang on, and being hung on n slant the) w 111 bo more easily knocked dow u TlicronroKotoroladtaiitagcs In liming them hung up in this vwi). Tlitro Isnut so much dinger of llielr lielnglnjuretl by uilcntho) aro intlrel) out of tho wa, as they iki not tnko up on) ntailablo room und aro easily got nt when wanted With n fno circulation of air nnd tho eooIniM of tho cillnr tho worm, will not j'ct nt them so carl) or work so rnpldl). They aro in such condition that the- nro easily examined, am uo will keep closo watch of them, nnd tho first t raco of it orms that w o aeo wo w ill boon hind with 1 rlmstone, ns they nro In excellent alnpo to fumigate It Is Ira-iwrt.int Ira-iwrt.int to take them when tho vt onus nro sriinll, for after they nro full grown the) w ill stan 1 an linuietiso amount of brlmstono without seeming injur) . Hut thorn Is ono objection Tho combs will not bo nearly so nlco nnd awect ns when leitbytho been, nnd with any reason-nulo reason-nulo jroportloTi between tho bees nnl combs I woul 1 much rather Ienvo them to tho tinder mercies of tho bees. lix-change |