The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-13

fire that il will Weld large quantity OF
smoke without bursting into names,
few pulls of smoke from this simple IN
strument are blown into the nive IN a
few minutes each bee has hlled itsen
with honey and Is so amiable that so
lang as it e not injured personally :, II
can he moved and removed at the wish
of the owner. when looking for the
queen. blow a little smoke in at the en-
trance. as this causes the queen To run
up on the comb. When the colony
prepares TO swarm, the bees M them
selves with honey from the old hive IN
order that they may have something
with which to set up their new home.
Do not let your bees swarm TOO mucn.
but cut ont the queen cells after the
first swarm has issued. bevae out one
good cell and they will swarm no more.
The throwing of the suns rays into the
flying mass. by means OF a mirror, Is
generally efectual in stopping runaway
svarms.
Ii is a very common practice to shut
up fowls and keep them confined most
OF the time during the summer, on &C
codnt of their propensity to scratch in
the garden and among flower beds.
Much OF the ill-effects of their impris-
onment may be avoided if they are let
out for a short period at evening. II
might be a good plan to watch them
while they are out. although there Is
but little danger of their going into the
garden. and they will find enough on
the grass plots TO keep them busy. Ii
is surprising how much beneht the
fowls derive from this time of exercise
The fowls seem TO know that they are
to have a chance to get out, and are
much moe quiet during the day: and
ii they are allowed their liberty at just
about such time each evening they will
return TO their roost without any
trouble. / am inclined to think that an
hours exercise at evening is near,y as
good as a whole day, so far as the
health of the flock is concerned, for If
there is any article Of diet that they are
in special need of, they will hunt for il
all the more diligently. IL is for this
reason that they will prefer the grass TO
the plowed land. By such an arrange
ment as this large fiocks OF fowls can be
kept in perfect health and good condi-
ton. although shut up most of the time
during the year.
In breeding Up stock there is nothing
more important than care in the selec-
ion of bulls. The animals should not
only have good, reliable pedigrees. but
should possess first class individ al
The blood royal fire.
luently gives an inferior scion. FOR
this reason it is the practice OF some
breeders to castrate a certain number of
;alves, saving for breeding purposes only
he superior animals. In purchasing.
,attlemen should deal only with reliable
breeders. There are a class of dealers
Tho make a practice of picking up in
euor animals, the culls of herds, and
1alming them off on range cattlemen.
The way TO avoid this is to deal only
With firms of established reputation.
There Is great advantage also in bu -
ng yearling bulls. The characteristics
n yearling bull are sufficiently domi-
liant to enable one to judge of his quail |
ties: he is acclimated more readily.
md fully one year more service can be
cot out of him than out OF two-year-
lids. These are not the only advan-
ages which the purchase OF yearlings
1--WE. The buyer OF yearlings really get
he pick of the herds, while the two
as a general thing. are those
which the buyers of the year before re-
ected. We do not wish to say that
may not be first class
Inimals, but 1t is evident that purchas-
rs ofyearling bulls have the first choice
n all herds. and the presumption is
hat the superior animals are selected.
We would. therefore, advise cattlemen
u making their purchases of bulls to |
axe yearlings as by so doing they are |
kelly to get better animals, and better |
md earlier results in breeding up herds. |
-Er.
The bee moth is a small miller of a |
ust brown color which deposits her |
ggs in the hives of weak colonies dur |
ng the night time. These millers NAV |
'ften be found lying perfectly motion
ess during the day on the corner nf the |
i've or under the projecting edge of the |
op, their favorite place being the cor
Ter. Their color so resembles that of |
yeather-beaten wood as to deceive a /
'erson unless they are examined care |
ully. They are very active upon the |
wing, their speed being much greater |
han that of q honey bee. Their favor
te place of depositing their eggs is
within the hive upon the comb. When |
he hives contain strong colonies of |
ICES they generally succeed in driving |
he moths out of the hive before they |
AVE deposited their eggs. Failing in |
heir efforts to use the combs for their /
rood, they resort to the crevices of the
i've lined with the dust aud chips that
all upon the floor board of a young
warm. 1t Is the great number Of |
worms Matched from these eggs that
ause the damage. II the dust is kept
rushed from the bottom of the hivesit |
Till prevent the bees from CARRYING the
ggs 10 the comb upon their feet. as
hey are believed to do, and also render
impossible for the worms Matched
pom the bottom OF hive TO reach the
omb. When one of these worms find
pigment in the comb containing brood.
makes its way TO the centre between
be heads of the young bees in the cells
nd sealing, and eating Its passage
through the comb, lining its way with
silk-nke substance. When the combs
re filled with honey, however, the
Iorms work only on the surface, eating
be sealing. To prevent the ravages OF
heSe worms. efforts have been made TO
evlse moth-proof hives, but that seems
n impoSsibility. he sureS. remedy
uown IS strong swarms Of bees. The
Italians are much less liable to injury
rom moth-w0rms, according to Quinn
y, than natives. Their disposition TO
etend themselves vigorously is an in
aluable ally TO the careful bee-keeper.
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