Year: 1876

Bee Notes.


Separating Honey from Wax.-A
correspondent sends to the Housekeep-
er the following directions for separat-
ing honey from wax Put the honey,
comb and all, in tin pan on a moder.
ately warm stove, adding to each pound
of honey teaspoonful Of water. Stir
it occasionally with piece of wire
when the contents of the pan are per-
fectly liquefed. It must not boil. Set
it where it can cool undisturbed then
pass a knife carefully around the pan
to detach the cake of wax on the top,
and rapidly, with great care. lift off
the cake. Don't let it drain into the
pan an instant, but place it in another
utensil. Any one thus clarifying
honey will find, on putting aside the
cake of wax, that the impurities that
would otherwise have to be strained
from the honey will have adhered to
the cake of wax, while the honey be-
meath is clear. If the honey should,
in time, candy, heat it again with
very little water and brown sugar:
Keep it in jars tied up in a cool place.
Break up the wax cake and wash it in
cold water till cleansed of honey !; then
melt and strain it. To bleach the wax,
boil it, after straining for an hour in
plenty OF water, in which use few
drops of chloride of soda. When quite
cold lift off the wax and leave it to dry
and whiten in the open air.


To Transfer Bees.-If your bees are
in the old square gum or box hive, ap-
proach the hive as before, and, after
driving the bees up into it, remove it
about fifty yards from the spot where
it stood, turn 1t bottom up, place a
box, about foot square, in tilted
position, on top, and by rapping on the
sides with hammer, drive the bees
into this box. After the bees have all
been driven into the box, remove it
and cover over with thin cloth then
open the old hive and take out the
brood comb; cut to fit the frames
tightly, so that there will be no dan.
ger Of the comb falling out, tit is best
to solder with rosin and wax, but, If
put IN tight, the comb will stay; place
the frames in the patent hive, make
the entrance as large as can we'll be
done, pulling into it, at the same time,
a smooth cloth (pretty long), and then
empty the bees out of the coy hive on
to this cloth, and they will take pos
session without any more trouble, and
stay there too.-S. Oultivator.


Bee Enemies.-Never put a swarm
of bees in an old hive, as there will al
most certainly be the eggs of the hon.
ey.moth deposited in the crevices of
the hive, which will hatch out and
probably destroy the swarm. Nothing
is more to be dreaded by the bee-keep-
er than the moth, and when they once
gain an entrance to the hive, the bees
appear as if powerless to expel them,
although they will seize them savage
~ at the entrance. When moths have
once established themselves in hive,
and the maggots beginsto eat their way
through the combs, the ~eooner the
bees are fumigated and put into an.
other hive the better, as for them to
remain with the maggots will be cer-
tain destruction to them. Moths, as
well as the large slugs may be
taken in great numbers, late on sum-
mer evenings, by spreading mixture
of sugar, homemade wine and rum,
on the walls or the stems of treeS.-
Dayton's Bee Book.


Bees for Profit.-Many farmers OF.
ject to the bother of bees because they
say there is no profit in honey. This.
we think, is a mistake. In a small
way there is nothing more profitable
on the farm, and the luxury. OF. honey
in ones family. Why there is moth.
ing likeit, and remember bees gather
their own food, make their own living,
and furnish us with that which is so
desirable.honey.