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Show PRIZE ESSAY 0 BEEKSEPLNGj DELIVERED .JTY J. K. JollNSoM, ST. GKOJ..E. (For which 'he firt ,-' of rb I. A. 4 M. : Vwr ; ( CONTlXL'KP.) MA.Kl.ViJ SEW COLONIES. The hive being properly ready, : willi ft lighted smoker, without blaze , i blow a few pulls of sm-ke iu the en- j trance of from which you wish to tak the frame's. Then take otl the top and blow a few pulls of sninke down and rap the sides of the hive. When the bees are quieted and have gone to eating honey, carefully remove re-move two frames containing the voung bees, honey, brood, eggs, and We bread, being careful not to remove re-move the - queen - unless -you wLsh to give -ehe queen-to a n&w -colony. Thus continue until from four to six or eight frames are placed in the hive. 1 Then remove a strong colony to a new seat and place the new one where it stood. In five or six days, examine the new hive to see if a queen cell has-been BUrted. if not, exchange ex-change a frame for one containing egu'3 and plenty of young bee, covering cover-ing the frame. 1 If a qnevn cc is found, examine the hive in fifteen days again. -If you have a fertile queen, eggs will be found in the culls. If there is no queen again, proceed atrain to give the coluiiy eggs and young bees. New colonies may bo made at any time, throughout the honey-making 'season, it' -yon have plenty of eggs, broods, ..young bees and drones. w ,tho ;tpiar) TO-ISTIiOnUC'E- . qvees,..: Daub your 'queen nil over with thin honey and place her in the hive; or, what is better,: pluoer your queen in. a small wire cloth cage, about two inehea square, with plenty of food", Place the cage at the bottom -of on top of the fisiBios where the bees may get near herJ After two days, turn her loose, and she" will be received and adopted as the mother of the colony, col-ony, i . TO RE.VR QL'KEXS: . . Take the queen away from a strong colony, and' they" will at bnuc niake from one to a- dozen queen cells. Within twelve or thirteen days after the queen has been removed, carer fully cut out all but one of the cells, fastening one in each new hive, or queenless colony. If the cells are not removed with two weeks, -the first queen that hatches out will destroy nil the others. Ql" KENT-ESS COLOXIES. A colony without- queen grows daily weaker, and is always, in danger dan-ger of being destroyed by moths', or bee robbers; and even if not thus des-troved des-troved the colony will disappear in. a tew months, having. lived its allotted tune. It may be known by the slow and sluggish working of the bees, by -the crazy manner in which they run alout in front ot the hiyp, and more surely by their having no young brood or eggs. Oive such a hivo a queen cell, if possible, or give, it a frame of eggs, brood, and young bees, . and change places of the hive with a strong colony. Mate, sure you have plenty' ot young bees, or you will fail, at last, in getting ft queen cell; for remember it is only young bees that arc workers, oi wax j . .-t . , TO E'Jl'AT.lCE TIIE STIiEXUTUj OY COLONIES. COLO-NIES. ; - , . -( . . Sometimes a colony may have an old, or othorwise'tinprohfic 'queen; may have been troubled by encroachments encroach-ments of moths; or from other causes may be weak, while other: colonies in the apiary are strong. You wish them, doubtless, to be of about equal strength, as they should be. Take 1 one good frame of brood from' as I many -strong hives as is needful, and put in the weak, exchanging empty, or poor ones, for full, if need be, and should this not be considered enough, change places with- a stroug colony you have .not touched recently, r xo "su'akming! No matter how large 'tin 'apiary, if you, -desire there., should' ho no swarming, it is easy' to prevent it. You have only to commence the forming of new Colonies, as early as you find the hives well' stored with brood and other" 1 supplies, -always keeping at least one ' frame in each hive empty, thus giving plenty of room for all, old and young,' to work. In thus keeping clear oj a surplus of workers, there will never be an effort at swnrming. , - ROUBIXG; ', . . , If a thieving attack is made upon a hive by bee-robbers, it jnay be known by there being a profusion of bees, flying fly-ing about, in front and near the entrance, en-trance, going and coming, . lighting and leaving, running about excitedly in too great uumbers,nd fighting and falling to the ground. Inside, too, it is all stir and excitement. When robbing rob-bing is discovered, the hive should be venlillateil and the entrance so closed that a. bee cannot enter or go out. Open it just before dark, eo one bee may pass and close again before sunrise. sun-rise. When the excitement is so far over that robbers do not return, open the entrance for one to pass at a time; or, what is far better, at once remove the hive attacked lo a distance, perhaps per-haps away from the apiary; sometimes some-times when the co'ony is quite strong, you need only close the entrance en-trance passage for one bee at a time and they will protect themselves. MOTH, MILLER, ANDWOTtM?. Th 6 bee-moth is prodnced from eggs of the moth-mil lex, n small dark colored col-ored miller, that often eflects the entrance through cracks a$d crevices nf tiivif hives. Tt. fiv-: it.- e "n in ttn combs, or elsewhere, and then dies. These' eggs produce a worm very destructive de-structive to the-eomb anil honey, by making passages and galleries through the comb, fattening Itself on the honey and forming a web tluifr protects it, and is very annoying to the bocs. : When about three-fourths of an inch long and a sixteenth of an inch thiifc, it is full grown anil winds a web, or cocoon, for itself that hatches out another moth-miller. The best poss-i poss-i ible remedy for the moth is strong colonies and good tight hives. A I strong colony protects itself from en- croachmenls, but a weak or queen -j less one often fails a prey;. When ! a hive is attacked, clean out the I moth and strengthen your colony; -or j if too foul with moth, .clear the hive I thoroughly, saving only such combs as you 'do not suspect of being infested with worms or eggs, give the colony new frames -of- brood and supplies, and uiaka them strong euougu to protect themselves. WE5TETJG EEEsroUJIXG, ETC. Bees will winter well in good hives, And protected from the winds and storms, in any settlement in Utah that has been tried. After the honey season has fully closed, carefully examine ex-amine each hive, and take those tliat have no queens and put the bees and such of the supplies as are needed, need-ed, into the hives of the weakest colonies, col-onies, sprinkling all the bees together with- sweetened wut.-r, scviited with peppermint. Strengthen up any colonies col-onies that axe weak, uud keep a few full frames safely from the moth, with which to feed any colony that may chauce to be short of supplies before dowers bloom. Huney, dissolved sug:ir and rye tlour may be placed on a plate over the frames in the lop ot the hive. A colony ni:iy be stimulated stimu-lated to early and abundant brnxl by feeding !o;'"re ilowers come. c-.v-' iicni.v and iiL:.::n i-t.ants" Are v.hilc d-Vi-:, k.vht.d, currant, gvjSi hcrry, caii:m'o.-E. nn .-q;;.i.-h. pumpkin, lucerne, yi'i.it Atm-ik.m bce-pi..nt. blc-.ni nf ;iil freit Lr.es. inigue'.'iaLc. C.i:r.i ri -v.w h-. v -.-f Af ;-. cvni, and a j.v-M vaitvn; oiti ;r ; an Arar.M.v. A protestor fur the hewd and fa ; b of bhick iietting, a stout thick pointed ! knife, a ";mker," made Of cotton : rags rolled and tied tight, one fixt loiii; and two inches thick, a coil of small wire to seture loos comb, a imev knife and extractor, a fea;her i or hair brush, and a small shallow 1 b:iket or pan for removing bees fur- j ni-di an outfit. Cloves are inadmiss- i able. " j j . - DRONES.- . - . . . One drone for each ijueen is all that , i is really needeil. All others are a : surplus, and only live to make the I ( coloiiv pir in honey. All uuneces- ; sary drone brooil should be cut out and empty drone comb kept at the the sides of the hivo and always away fnm the centie, for storing honey. When too great a quantity of drones I tills the hive, it should be opened and ! most of the u roues should be destroy- id, or a drone trap used, t BEST TIME TO HANDLE BEES. j In midsummer, from early morn- nig until 1U a.m. is the best and most I quiet time, when many of the bees I ure out. They should never be disturbed dis-turbed nt night or when the air is damp or chilly, or it is windy. FOt'L nuooD. Where the hive js too fdl, . it is probably the best plan to drive the tiees into a new hive, giving them frames from a healthy colony to start them. Never allow a particle of foul brood nhoufc the apiary where bees can pMrlvit; as it is considered a contagious con-tagious disease. The infection may be carried to a sound hive by bees passing over the combs. An infected hive should not be used until thoroughly thor-oughly disinfected by fumigation with sulphur or boiling water. . J. E. Johnson. |