. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. extracted without taking out to turn. The cages may also be instantly lifted out for cleaning, or to pack pieces of comb in. They can be re-fixed when full. The whole inside may be removed by unscrewing two nuts, so that cylinder may be used for other purposes. ^m'm and |lf^ltf.!i. [1000.] Catching Sivarms from Hollow Trc. —1. A larye swarm of bees about three yeais ago settled in a hollow tree, the aperture being about 30 fo. from the ground. Last season a swarm came out twice, but returned to the hole. Can any one suggest a way of catchi
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. extracted without taking out to turn. The cages may also be instantly lifted out for cleaning, or to pack pieces of comb in. They can be re-fixed when full. The whole inside may be removed by unscrewing two nuts, so that cylinder may be used for other purposes. ^m'm and |lf^ltf.!i. [1000.] Catching Sivarms from Hollow Trc. —1. A larye swarm of bees about three yeais ago settled in a hollow tree, the aperture being about 30 fo. from the ground. Last season a swarm came out twice, but returned to the hole. Can any one suggest a way of catching the next swarm 'I Would an empty hive be of any use placed near the tree ? 2. Which is the best kind of foreign bee ; also the best way of introducing them ? 3. What advantages can they claim over the English bees ? 4. Can they extract honey from the red clover, or from any plants that the English bees cannot ? 5. In which numbers of your Bee Journal could I find good accounts of foreign bees ? 6. Which would be the best variety to cross with the English, and the best way of doing it 1 The climate here is very mild. 7. Which pays best to work for, comb or extracted honey?—Bee-keeper, Cardiff, April 11. Eeply.—1. Under the circumstances, keep- ing a look-out for the swarm and securing it in the ordinary way after clustering is the only plan of "catching" we can suggest. 2. By those who like foreign bees the Car- niolan is often preferred on account of i's quietness, but it is much given to swarming. Some, however, choose the Ligurian in prefer- ence. 3. Not a few experienced bee-keepers consider they possess no iidvantage whatever over the native bee for use in this country, but rather the reverse. 4. No. 5. Our journal of late years contains more adverse accounts than. 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 r
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