. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OE, MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 28S we may throw them out with the extractor, and then use the comb for starters in our sections. It is very important that those who rear queens to sell shall have no near neighbors who keep bees, and shall keep only very superior bees, that undesirable mating may be prevented. If one has neighbors who keep bees, he can see that they keep only the best, or possibly he can rear his queens before others have drones flying. He can also get his neigh- bor to use the Alley drone-trap (Fig. 135). If drones are flyin
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. OE, MANUAL OF THE APIARY. 28S we may throw them out with the extractor, and then use the comb for starters in our sections. It is very important that those who rear queens to sell shall have no near neighbors who keep bees, and shall keep only very superior bees, that undesirable mating may be prevented. If one has neighbors who keep bees, he can see that they keep only the best, or possibly he can rear his queens before others have drones flying. He can also get his neigh- bor to use the Alley drone-trap (Fig. 135). If drones are flying from undesirable colonies, they can be kept from leaving the hive by use of the entrance-guards (Fig. 134), or may be cap- tured or de'stroyed by use of the Alley drone-trap (Fig. 135). These are made of the perforated-zinc, and while they permit the passage of the workers, they restrain the queen and drones. Fig. Queen-Cage.—From A. I. Boot Co. The spaces in these are .165. In England they make them .180 of an inch, but small queens may pass through these larger spaces. By shaking all the bees in front of the hive, we can, by use of these, soon weed out all the' drones. With these in front of hive, we can keep the queen from leaving with a swarm. Occasionally, however, a queen will pass through unless the smaller spaced zinc is used. By keeping empty. 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 Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
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