. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. ROBBING. 379 • ROBBmO. robbing became very bad we would drive the bung into the barrel, and then, after the up- roar has quieted down, remove it and run the honey through a strainer from the bung- hole. Bees soon stop robbing wtien all sweets within their reach are removed or so pro- tected that they can not get at them; but even then the apiary will be out of balance for the rest of the day, and more or less for two or three days fo
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. ROBBING. 379 • ROBBmO. robbing became very bad we would drive the bung into the barrel, and then, after the up- roar has quieted down, remove it and run the honey through a strainer from the bung- hole. Bees soon stop robbing wtien all sweets within their reach are removed or so pro- tected that they can not get at them; but even then the apiary will be out of balance for the rest of the day, and more or less for two or three days following, because the bees will be trying to tind where they can find more sweets. Sometimes robbing is started by some one in the neighborhood making sweet pickles, canning fruit, or do- ing any thing that causes a strong odor of sweet or sour dur- ing its preparation : then the only thing the bee-keeper can do is to have the house screened; or if the case is very bad, and the bees keep on " sticking their noses into other people's business," we would recommend smoking the entrances of all the hives with tobac- co smoke. Half a dozen whiffs of smoke should be blown into each en- trance, one after the other. In half an hour the dose should be repeated. This will cause the bees to quiet down until such time as the canning-work or the pickle-making is over at the house where bees are "making themselves too ; The best treatment for a general robbing throughout the apiary is prevention. The screen doors and other openings into the honey-house should be self-closing. Unless they are, some one will be almost sure to for- get and leave one of them open. If the doors are not self-closing, then all the honey that is stored in the building should be put into hives, shipping-cases, cans, barrels, or any receptacle where bees can be kept from help- ing themselves; then if perchance the door is left open no harm will be done. ROBBING OF NUCLEI OK AVEAK COLONIES
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