. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 424 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Nov. 20, 1914. corner; now wriggle the super till you find it has broken all attachments to the tops of frames. Slightly prize up one corner and send in a few puffs of smoke; now lift off the super and place it on the hive top, as before mentioned. There will be very few bees on the frame tops and a few gentle puffs of smoke will send them down, while you put on the super- clearer. This gives the chance to fix the clearer where desired to a hair's breadth. You can now put the super on top of clearer. This plan
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. 424 THE BRITISH BEE JOURNAL. [Nov. 20, 1914. corner; now wriggle the super till you find it has broken all attachments to the tops of frames. Slightly prize up one corner and send in a few puffs of smoke; now lift off the super and place it on the hive top, as before mentioned. There will be very few bees on the frame tops and a few gentle puffs of smoke will send them down, while you put on the super- clearer. This gives the chance to fix the clearer where desired to a hair's breadth. You can now put the super on top of clearer. This plan is far easier and more expeditious than putting the super on the clearer, before putting it on the top of the hive. At any rate, I manage it so, without killing or even irritating a single bee1—but it may be a case of " Ex- periences vary and opinions ; Bo Bees Know their Owner? (page 355). I have been told that my bees "know ; My answer is : " No; I know them," for it seems to me that you can manage bees by gentleness and quietness—the same as we manage horses and dogs, or, in fact, all animals, and even children. I often tell people never to buffet bees, for when that is done the bees take it as .a challenge to fight, and if they could talk would say, "All right, mind your nose and eyes " ; but if they hold their hands before their face, with their fingers spread out and walk slowly away the bees will fly away without attempting to sting. —A. Harris, Wavendon, Workman (Ayrshire).—Queen - Bearing, ,{.c_—(l) Yes,'they will do so. A better plan would be to' make a nucleus with one comb of brood and two of honey as directed in " Guide Book," page 132. Choose a brood comb containing a good number of eggs, and leave the queen in the old stock. These bees, being queen- less, will commence queen-cells at once. You should also read instructions on page 124 of "Guide ; (2) You are mistaken; lo
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