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Show TIMELY BEE TALK. I Various Helpful Sugf-MlonB tor th Man Who Has Beta for Fleas ure oi' Profit. When ncctnr la abundant in tha BfJ fields, and your bees hcsltato about starting work In tho sections but crowd tho brood nest with It, try tho follow- BH lug plan: BB When tho combs nro scaled at tho top In tho biDod chambers, mash thesvi cells at the top of tho brood frames with a tablo fork; shut up tho hive, put tho sections on, and th-jn rap on tho ulvo. Do this just before dusk, nnd you will And. tho bees nicely nt work there tho next morning BJ It is not difficult to persuade any col-ony col-ony of bees, of proper strength, to work in tho section; but do it by rap- Bp. ping on the hlvo nnd driving them up. Bfl They fill themselves with honey and go up thero nnd work. You havo.pcr- Imps scarified enough colls so that they BB will havo no cells oxcopt those to put tho honey In. The honey will havo to BBJ bo taken out by the bees. It Is a forcing BBJ process, as you might say, but it so- BB cures the result. BBJ A colony with abundant entrance for nlr la less Inclined to swarm than it otherwise vwotild bo. liaising tho hlvo BJ by putting nn Inch block under each BBJ corner, and leaving tho hlvo open nil BBJ around, Is nn excellent method for glv- BBJ Ing plenty of air. But do not expect that tho plan ot giving plenty of air BBJ will entirely sulllco to keep beca from BpB swarming. BBJ I hnvo used vnrlous methods ot transferring, but havo given tho fol- flBJ lowing the preference. These dircc- B tlons will bo nppllcablo only to thoso fl who havo bees in frame hives. B If tho bees to bo transferred aro in fl n common box, nnd tho combs have not fl been built down to tho bottom, cut Bfl down tho box to tho depth of the BH comb, turn tho bottom side up, and put spacing sticks between the comba BBJ to prevent contact with each other. flBJ Then placo ono of tho standard hlvo BJ bodies on top, closing up all surplus openings on tho sides or ends. Now BBJ go to a colony of bees nnd removo a frame ot honey, and containing eggs BJ and larvae; placo this In the vacant BBJ body ovor tho box, and fill up with flBJ drawn comb or foundation. In a tow H days, If you keep watch, you will find the queen in tho upper story; then you quietly slip a queen excluder be BJ tween this part nnd tho old box. In BBJ 21 days you can removo the lower part BBJ and dispose of the comb as you see fit Probably nothing Is better than a solar wax extractor, and for a small quantity a very cheap affair can be BBJ gotten up, says Farm Journal. A box Bfl covered with a pano of glass, Insldo oi BBJ this nn old dripping pan to catch the BBJ melted wax that runs off, nnd you nave a solar wax extractor. Of course the flBJ dripping pan must bo placed In a cor- BJ nor. It may bo used as a wax extract-or extract-or at any tlmo when tho sun Is not shining. Placo It lu the oven of a 1 cook stove, leaving tho oven door open, BBJ with tho split corner projecting out, 'Hj and a dish set on tho kitchen floor to HbJ catch tho molted wax. HH |
