. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. February 26, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL 91) <:iiles, the labourer, kept, mayhap, in a half- rotten old straw skep, gather precisely the same aieetar and visit the same flowers as do the squire's, there being neither aristocrats nor democrats among the community of apis melli- jfca. All that the ' art of bee-keeping' does is to help the bees to ' sort the stuff.' However, we willingly tell all we know on the subject; merely premising that any one intending to keep a dozen or more hives of bees, will find it true economy to provide hi
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. February 26, 1881.] THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL 91) <:iiles, the labourer, kept, mayhap, in a half- rotten old straw skep, gather precisely the same aieetar and visit the same flowers as do the squire's, there being neither aristocrats nor democrats among the community of apis melli- jfca. All that the ' art of bee-keeping' does is to help the bees to ' sort the stuff.' However, we willingly tell all we know on the subject; merely premising that any one intending to keep a dozen or more hives of bees, will find it true economy to provide himself with a fairly good set of implements wherewith to do the work. Nothing so much aids us in this part of our bee-work as yood tools. Ours consist of an extractor, holding four combs; a'strainer and ripener.' the upper or movable portion of which is of sufficient capacity to hold five or six gallons of water, and will, of course, contain a great quantity of cappings, from which the honey is day and night gradually dripping 1 hrough the sieve into the receptacle below. It seems incredible how the honey drains through ; but it doe3 in time, and so none is lost. Then we have a lamp'knife-heater;' a couple of keen- edged old carving-knives, with blades about ten inches long, the points of which are curved in- wards for about one and a half inches; a wooden * tray,' with a raised edging half-inch high all round it, and near the left corner a couple of small pieces of wood nailed on so as to form an angle or rest, soâLâto keep the frame from slipping. Finally, we have a brown holland ' blouse,' which slips over and protects the clothes. A bowl of clean, cold water, for â dipping the hands in, and a towel complete our * kit.' Thus equipped, and with the boxes of honey piled one above the other, we prepare to start. First, with a pencil, we consecutively number lhe combs in each box, so that they may be re- placed in the same order as built by the beesâ experience will show the
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