Outapiaries and their management by Dadant M. G. (Maurice George)

Author:Dadant, M. G. (Maurice George)
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Bees
Publisher: Hamilton, Ill., American bee journal
Published: 1919-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Fig. 22. The placing of wet' combs in piles in the open for bees to rob out and clean up is to be discouraged.

OUTAPIARIES

Exti'actors will be taken up further in another chapter dealing witli extracting liouses and equipment.

Replacing Supers

Tliere is some advantage in extracting before the close of the honey flow. In fact it will pa^' the apiarist to make a careful study of the honey flora and the honey flow and so time his operations that the extracting may be done just as the flow is ending,

lose no honey, and still not be extracting during a honey dearth.

During a honey flow the supers maj' be returned to the hives as fast as extracted, the same number being replaced on each colony as it had before.

But in a honey dearth robbing will certainly be aggravated. It is better to wait till the close of the day when all supers may be returned in a short time. All can then be cleaned by the colonies before morning. For carrying supers back to the apiary a hand barrow is verj' desirable. Two men can carry from ten to twenty supers at a load while one man in the apiary smokes the bees and replaces equipment.

Some few beekeepers practice setting freshly ex-

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