Show corbri correspondence s PON DENcE boes bees we left our beekeeper bee keeper busy putting on his hie supers for comb honey having finished lie he waits ten days and then after dinner when many of the bees are in the field he be takes his sm oher erand and goes to his bee hayes raises the lid puffs a little smoke on the bees and notes the progress 0 the they y have made and marks it on the lid with the day of the month with it a pencil or by some som other eother means for a guide for fo the future now we will suppose he found one super finis finished bed he does not want all comb honey so ile he prepares a super with nine frames with full sheets of f d n fa fastened with a daisy foundation roller he has also on hand a a number of Tor sorters bee ee escapes all nicely fitted in boards that fit those on top of the hive like the lid in the evening he takes his empty supers and escape board which lie he places on an empty box or hive and then without raising the lid of the super break it loose with a chisel and quickly take it ii up set it on the escape board put the empty super on the hive and set escape board up and all on top nine next morning lie he goes to the hive takes off the lid bees all gone trapped out he takes up the super and walks off with a smile of triumph and as aa lie he enters the door of the house lie he calls to his wife see my dear what the blessed bees havo have lone done for us a whole box full of snow isnow white honey and not a sting 1 I think it just fun to leop keep bees more arion anon 11 |