. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. when the edge is ragged, they will not stand on it, and the chances of going back are then greatly lessened, unless, of course, the cone should be completely covered. I have written considerably on the use of queen-traps, etc., to prevent swarming, and I Just discovered that I had completely forgotten to say that it is necessary to cut out all the drone-comb possible, and thus reduce the number of drones, otherwise they would be so numerous that they would obstruct the traps and entrances completely. I have seen reports stating that the Porter escapes
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. when the edge is ragged, they will not stand on it, and the chances of going back are then greatly lessened, unless, of course, the cone should be completely covered. I have written considerably on the use of queen-traps, etc., to prevent swarming, and I Just discovered that I had completely forgotten to say that it is necessary to cut out all the drone-comb possible, and thus reduce the number of drones, otherwise they would be so numerous that they would obstruct the traps and entrances completely. I have seen reports stating that the Porter escapes failed to clear the supers. I don't know what was the trouble, but I know what has been the trouble with mine. If the escape board Is placed directly on the brood-nest, the bees will more or less cluster under it, and prevent the others from coming out of the supers. Worse than that, some will attempt to go back Into the supers, and get stuck between the springs and the walls of the escape, and thus shut up the whole thing (See No. 3). I have sometimes thought that a construction like No. 4 would be better. At any rate, the present escape usually works well with me, by putting a super of empty sections be- tween the escape-board and the brood-nest, preventing the congregating of bees on the escape. A good deal has been said against a bee-keeper making his own foundation. So far as section foundation is con- cerned, it would be impossible for an ordinary bee-keeper to make it as good as the foundation-makers, and none but the very best should be used. But with brood foundation for one's personal use, the case is altogether different, and It would be. in the majority of cases a profit for the bee-keeper to use at least his own wax. After all is counted, the wax sold will not net much more than 20 cents per pound to the bee-keeper, while his foundation, freight, etc., included, will run to 50 or 60 cents per pound. And if the bee-keeper has some spare time in the winter evenings,
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