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Tanks holding the fluid are employed, so that the disinfectant
T can be drained from the combs and be used more than once.
Q i The alcohol is more likely to penetrate all crevices of the comb
» V ‘ than is a watery fluid, an advantage claimed for this preparation i
E by those selling it.
i When colonies have been long neglected and are very badly
T affected with either disease they may sometimes be burned with p
  everything in them. This applies especially to box hives and bee
t. gums. If one hopes to succeed with bees at the present time he i
i cannot afford to spend time experimenting with anything but Y
  movable-frame hives. .
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i l BEES AS POLLINATORS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES _  
  The important part taken by the honey bee in conveying the , i
  pollen of blossoms from one plant to another is coming to be ap-  
  i preciated more and more as we learn about the necessity for the `
gif crossing of many kinds in order to get good crops. Varieties are
  often more or less self-sterile, and may thus fail to set crops i
y almost completely if there is no opportunity for insects to get A
  to their blossoms. When apples and other fruits bloom during i
  cool rainy weather, when the bees and other insects fly but little, T
  the crop of fruit is likely to be light as a result of imperfect
  pollination. Hence a few colonies of bees about an orchard are
  a great help to the fruit grower, even if he has little use for the
ir honey they make. In fact, he cannot afford to be without them t
ti; unless he has beekeeping neighbors. i
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  BEEKEEPING AS A VOCATION OR AVOCATION FOR WOMEN ·*`
  A good living can be made in some parts of Kentucky by
  keeping bees for honey. VVomen can conduct such a business as
  well as men if they can get help during the time of greatest  
c  rush, in May and June. The lifting of many heavy hives at ‘
  such times may be too much for some of them, but with help, *
§ then, an apiary is entirely within their capacity, and becomes a
  healthful occupation and recreation besides. Queen rearing as a .
_  business for women is even better than honey production because  
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