. The Canadian bee-keeper's guide [microform] : an easy method of managing bees by the use of Thomas' patent moveable comb bee hive. Bees; Bees; Essaimage; Abeilles. 38 THE CANADIAN. ing quecH. If drone brood is in the worker cells, it will be known by such cells projecting beyond the usual even surface of worker brood, and being very irregular, here and there a few. How to tell when a Swarm has a Drone-laying Worker. As in the case of a drone-laying queen, the brood will be irregu- lar, and some in drone cells and some in worker cells, and yet it will be all drone brood. If, upon examination,
. The Canadian bee-keeper's guide [microform] : an easy method of managing bees by the use of Thomas' patent moveable comb bee hive. Bees; Bees; Essaimage; Abeilles. 38 THE CANADIAN. ing quecH. If drone brood is in the worker cells, it will be known by such cells projecting beyond the usual even surface of worker brood, and being very irregular, here and there a few. How to tell when a Swarm has a Drone-laying Worker. As in the case of a drone-laying queen, the brood will be irregu- lar, and some in drone cells and some in worker cells, and yet it will be all drone brood. If, upon examination, no queen is found, you can rest assured there exists a drone-laying worker. Remedy : Introduce a queen, queen cell, or worker eggs., How to put Honey-boxes on my Hive. Remove the cover, if the passage through the honey-board has been covered with a board, pry it up gently, blow under a little smoke, then take it off, blow more smoke, until all the bees run down among the combs, then put on the honey-box. If the honey- box has been turned over, bottom side up, pry up as before, blow a little smoke, and turn it over. How to Remove a Honey-Box from my Hive. Take off the cover, pry up the honey-box, gently blow under some smoke until the bees run down among the combs, then take it off and put on another, or cover with a board. This is much better than sliding on a piece of sheet-iron, killing a number ol bees. Honey-boxes should be removed in the morning, early, as less bees are in the boxes at that time. How to Get Bees Out of a Honey-Box. If they are removed in the honey season, there is but little diffi- culty ; blow in a little smoke, turn the box over a short distance from the hive, give it a few raps and they will soon leave. If re- moved in the fall, when the honev harvest is done, or nearly so, it is better to set your honey-boxes in a barrel or box and cover it with a white cloth ; the bees will soon leave the honey-})oxes and light upon the cloth, which may be removed an
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