Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . lime of swarming,that they may not flyaway- and be lost. Theyrequire also to be fedduring winter, when, onaccount of a bad season,the lateness of the \m:^^>^j/ swarm, or other cause,I {i^J^tL^Z^ tliey have not enough of honey to support tliem. A common rule is, thatthe weight of tlie con-tents of the hive must beat least twenty pounds,tliat the bees may sur-vive the winter withoutbeing fed, and even inthis case a supply of food for a short time in sjiriiig promotes theactivity of tlie bees, and their summer prosp
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people . lime of swarming,that they may not flyaway- and be lost. Theyrequire also to be fedduring winter, when, onaccount of a bad season,the lateness of the \m:^^>^j/ swarm, or other cause,I {i^J^tL^Z^ tliey have not enough of honey to support tliem. A common rule is, thatthe weight of tlie con-tents of the hive must beat least twenty pounds,tliat the bees may sur-vive the winter withoutbeing fed, and even inthis case a supply of food for a short time in sjiriiig promotes theactivity of tlie bees, and their summer prosperity. The food ordi-narily supplied to bees is either the coaaser kind of honey or sugarand water. Strong ale and sugar boiled are also frequently givenas food. The practice has very largely prevailed in Britain andelsewhere, of killing bees by fumes of sulphur, in order to takefrom them their honey in the end of autumn, a jiortion only of theincrease of the stock being kept througli the winter. This practicestill has its advocates; but many now take only what they can by. Simple form of Bee-hive,With cap removed to show glass top. top boxes or supers, or by cutting out combs, preserving all hiveswhich are not so light that there is no good hope of their survivingthe winter. It may be doubted if, in almost any part of the coun-try, the number of bees kept is so great as nearly to exhaust thefloral resources, and in all probability this may yet become a muchgreater source of wealth than it is in Britain. When honey is to be taken from bees, the person doing it mustbe carefully protected from their stings by gloves, veil, &c. It isbest done during the heat of a fine day, when the bees nioiereadily leave the combs of the super that is taken away, and re-turn to their hive. A little gentle tapping generally causes themto leave the combs, and a feather is used for brushing off thosewhich are slow to do so. The smoke of the common Pufl-ball(q. V.) causes them to fall down in a stupe
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