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toTHOUSAND ANSWERS 37A. Use a solar wax-extractor, or hold your refuse till you havea sufficient quantity to send to a dealer who makes a business ofwax rendering. You may also render the cappings in an ordinarywash boiler, with water.Q. (a) How can I dispose of water which is a little sweet soas not to have the bees bother?(b) Is there any chemical or other article which can be mixedwith the washings of wax and cappings to be thrown out that willnot attract the bees?A. (a) I have never paid any attention to it, for if it is throwninto a drain or upon the ground it is so diluted that it disappears'before the bees pay any attention it. If you find the beestrouble in that way, you could add more water to it before throwingit away, so as to make the sweetness very slight, and then ifeach time you throw it on a new place on the ground, I think youwill have no trouble. The reason for extreme caution in the matteris the fear that there might be foulbrood in the honey. Yovi mightmake a sure thing of it by having a pit dug, into which you wouldthrow the washings, and have the pit covered well. But why notsave your sweet water for vinegar making?(b)Carbolic acid would, no doubt, be effective.Q. When the cappings of brood-cells are sunk, is it always anindication of disease, or are the cappings of healthy brood sometimessunk?A. I don't know that the cappings of healthy brood are eversunk, but dead brood might have sunken cappings without anydisease being present; and, of course, dead brood could hardly becalledhealthy brood.Cappings Melter.—Q. Is there any melter that will do fastwork and not injure the flavor of the honey that goes through it?A. Maybe; but as the Scotchman says, "I hae ma doots." Todo fast work there must be considerable heat, so that at least alittle of the fine flavor would be hurt.Carbon Disulfide.—Q. What quantity of carbon disulfideshould be used for a stack of eight 8-frame supers of combs, andhow often should the application be made to ensure against waxworms?A. Four tablespoonfuls ought to suffice. One application issufficient, unless fresh eggs are laid in them again by the beemoth.Carload of Bees.—Q. How many colonies can be shipped in acar? Please give instructions as to how to prepare bees for ship-