A manual of bee-keeping by Hunter John

Author:Hunter, John
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Bee culture
Publisher: London Hardwicke
Published: 1875-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

bunged up. Many persons run two sticks across tlie hive, at right angles to one another, to hold up the combs, and drench the inside of the hive with sugared water or beer, at the same time rubbing it round well with a bunch of sweet herbs. To the s}Tup I have no objection, although it is unnecessar}'; but the sticks and herbs are far better left out—the one becomes a nuisance in after manipulation, as well as causing crooked combs, and the herbs may not suit the organs of taste or smell of the Bees ; that which we thiak is nice they may consider nasty. The floor board, which, of course, must be perfectly clean, is then placed handy on the ground, ^vith a stout stick laid across a few inches from the alightiag board ; and duly equipped ^vith veil and gloves, we are ready for operations. In all probability the swarm hangs on a bough or bush ; in this case, all we have to do is to hold the hive fairly beneath and give the bough a vigorous shake, when the cluster will fall into the hive, and before the Bees can recover ft^om their astonishment set it down on the floor board across the stick, which wiU tilt up the hive and prevent crushing; although, in inverting the hive on to the -floor board, the Bees will fall on it, they will quickly run up again and cluster as before; and, provided the Queen be with them, every Bee outside will in a short time enter. If, on the contrary, the Queen be not shaken into the hive, it will quickly be deserted, and very likely the cluster will reform on the old spot, when the process must be repeated with, let us hope, a better result. It sometimes happens that when the Bees are apparently hived satisfactorily, they are not satisfied, but, issuing agaiQ, return to their old habitation or seek another home, when the same care in marking down and foUow-

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