. Transferring of bees [microform]. Abeilles; Bees. trouble. There probably will be « young queen among the Uit lot of bee* in the box-hive, and if the beekeeper has any queeiilotw colonies this young queen can be introduced where needed; otherwiite uke no notice of her and the will probably succeed 'icr mother in the new hive providing a young queen a« head of the colony. After the bt'i-H have all been drummed out, remove the combs, extract the honey, render combii into bee^^wax and use the box-hive for kindling. The Self Transfer Method.* At a time when the box-hive i» crowded with bees, usu
. Transferring of bees [microform]. Abeilles; Bees. trouble. There probably will be « young queen among the Uit lot of bee* in the box-hive, and if the beekeeper has any queeiilotw colonies this young queen can be introduced where needed; otherwiite uke no notice of her and the will probably succeed 'icr mother in the new hive providing a young queen a« head of the colony. After the bt'i-H have all been drummed out, remove the combs, extract the honey, render combii into bee^^wax and use the box-hive for kindling. The Self Transfer Method.* At a time when the box-hive i» crowded with bees, usually during the fruit bloom and dandelion period or early June, the transfer is com- menced. The beekeeper provides a hive-l)ody containing one frame of. A liOZ-Hlve Apiary. ;ai^»*»T in unsealed brood, if available, placed midway between a suffiiMent of frames of drawn comb or full sheets of foundation to fill the 1^ The cover of the box-hive is then removed and the new hive-b<, brood and combs, or foundation, placed on top with au entrance box-hive only. In a few days, usually, the queen will be found layu tiie upper or movable frime hive-body; but if foundation only is n -"d, it may be a week or two before the queen comes up. As soon as the kopper is sure the queen is in the upper hive-body, a queen excluder placed between the hox-hive and the new hive and left there for twenty one days. When examining for the queen, it is a good plan to slip tL ''xcluder between the two hive-bodies before disturbing the bees very mui h, or the queen is liable to run below. If, on examination, it is found that It. '••-! * Used with great success by Mr. A. H. Onernsey. Ionia, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Millen, F. Eric; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto : [s. n. ]
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