| Show SEE BEES S nov flow to ir mille caro care of empty cooil combs after colonies lie tt ri es especially ally inte interested this ye year nr in talking care of sa an unusual number of extra combs those that are thrown on our bands to care for by having so go many colonies we anil and it is no small ask wo we have considers consi dern uly moro more tl than an a thou thousand sauil to BO care for heretofore wo we have given our extra estra i conics to the bees to talo liko l iko caro of filling a 1 hive with these combs wo plated placed them under a strong colony and lio file bees would take ake best of caro of them sometimes borne times ono one colony would take caro of several reveral rever al hi lives aca of combs placed under it and a nd I 1 know c no better bet way to caro for them providing provi dino you lavo have plenty of bees but taking 1 caro care of such stich a 1 I number of extra combs must detriment botho bees as it rives gives so BO much extra estr a work this 3 car we are very anxious to make the most wo we can of what bees wo have left so we are going to try to take caro care of some of the combs ourselves in the shop cellar we nailed lath rin on each tido tide of the hie joists foists near the lo lower axer edge on this lath we hun hung the frames TI there lere not being room to hang them atta sit raight acht across they were svere hung on a slant about an inch space was left between them if tharo was to be amount of jarring they might not bo be very secure as they leave only the of the lath about three eighths of an incato inch to hang on and being hung on a slant they will be more easily knocked down thero there aro are several advantages in having them hung bung up in this way wa yso there is ia not much danger of their being injured by mice they are entirely out of the tha way as they do not tako take up any an y available room and are easily got at when wanted with a free circulation of af air and the file coolness of the cellar the worms will not get at them so early or so rapidly they are arc in such condition that they are arc easily examined and wo v 0 will keep close watch of them and the first trace of worms that wo we see BOO wo we will be on liand hand with brimstone as they are in excellent shape to fumigate it is important to take them when the worms are small for after they are full grown they will stand an immense amount of brimstone without seeming injury but there is one objection the combs will not bo be nearly so nice and sweet as when L dept ept by the bees and with any ally reasonable proportion between the bees and combs I 1 would much rather leave them to the tender mercies of the bees exchange |
