. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW entrance, and say, "You fellows get busy and clean np the dripping honey from your combs.' '"It may be that this work was done too late; but many times it has the effect of starting the bees at work in the super, ''We again begin our rounds of the hives. The next colony shows a roar of bees at the entrance; but the bees are not going in any particular direc- tionâjust flying aimlessly around in front. This is a clear case of play- spell on the part of the young bees. We pass this hive for the time being, and so on throug
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW entrance, and say, "You fellows get busy and clean np the dripping honey from your combs.' '"It may be that this work was done too late; but many times it has the effect of starting the bees at work in the super, ''We again begin our rounds of the hives. The next colony shows a roar of bees at the entrance; but the bees are not going in any particular direc- tionâjust flying aimlessly around in front. This is a clear case of play- spell on the part of the young bees. We pass this hive for the time being, and so on through the whole apiary. When we get through we have, per- haps, a dozen or so colonies with empty supers along beside them. With smoker in hand, and a hive-tool, we lift the covers of all colonies in one row at once. We drop the hive-tool and smoker, then proceed to put the supers on, and tinally cover each one of the colonies. In some cases we put the super under, and sometimes we put it above the super already on the hive. In the same way we treat other colonies in the other rows. "We now come back to the colony that was having a play-spell. They have quieted down; but as they do not seem to be flying heavily to the field we pass them. In two or three days we come back and go over the apiary again, spending perhaps an hour in watching the flight of the bees, and opening up here and there a hive to confirm surface indications at the en- ; WANTED Comb and Extracted Honey Let us hear from you wath your best price on Comb and Extracted Honey, freight paid to Cincinnati. We buy every time price justifies. No lot too large or too small. We remit day shipment arrives. THE FRED W. MUTH CO., 51 Walnut Street The Busy Bee Men Cincinnati, Ohio ^' ^'^l^l^Kf DEtroitTirEli. Cooking in a Detroit â â â « Lnd nutriment retained the most economical wayâsaves 8o<o of your fuel I ill the most comfortable and convenient wayâsaves work over a hot st<)\câsaves const int
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