. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. m THE FARM. question naturally arises, What is the best method for clipping it? We have tried all plans, and find the quickest, easiest and the least risk attend- ing the following: Lift from the hive the comb on which you find the queen, slant it toward the hive with the lower end resting on the ground and the upper end against the hive, make no rapid motions to alarm the queen, biit deUberately Avait till she is iu a position that you can grasp the end of one wing between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, then with a
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. m THE FARM. question naturally arises, What is the best method for clipping it? We have tried all plans, and find the quickest, easiest and the least risk attend- ing the following: Lift from the hive the comb on which you find the queen, slant it toward the hive with the lower end resting on the ground and the upper end against the hive, make no rapid motions to alarm the queen, biit deUberately Avait till she is iu a position that you can grasp the end of one wing between the thumb and forefinger of the left hand, then with a sharp pocket knife and an up and backward motion cut off" about one-third of the wing. If deliberate in your movements, the queen will not become nervous, nor will she be aware she had been meddled with, no scent of the fingers will be left on either her wings or body, and no commo- tion created in the hive. A n Unpatented Bee Hive.—Apiarians know full well the im- portance of providing the honey bee with a properly constructed amd well arranged hive, in which these little workers may safely store the nectar care- fully gathered fi'om the blossoming sweets o f earth. Many good and valuable hives for this purpose have been constructed, and are the subject of letters patent, for the manu- facture and use of which a royalty is re- quired by the owners thereof. The hive shown in connection with this ar- ticle is, beyond ques- tion, the simplest, cheapest, and best ar- ranged unpatented hive extant. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of tjie hive as it appears upon the sand. In appearance it has a neat, unpretending look of self-recommendation. The advantages gained by having a passage for the bees at the bottom, and six inches upward therefrom, at one side of the hive, are: First. Dur- ing winter snow and ice accumulate in sufficient quantities to entirely fill and cover the lower series of holes, AvhUe the upper ones remain open, ad- mitting fresh air, the importance of which al
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