. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. HANDLING CLOSEU-KNIJ KKAMES IN ftl^oUl'S UF JlllIKK Al A IIME. pi\ beginning at the top, and working down- ward. By so doing the bees are pushed or shoved out of the way without crushing or pinching. With a little practice and experi- ence this can be done without killing a sin- gle bee. When all the frames are in place except the last one. there will be a space just wide enough to admit it. Slide it into posi- tion, pushing the bees
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. HANDLING CLOSEU-KNIJ KKAMES IN ftl^oUl'S UF JlllIKK Al A IIME. pi\ beginning at the top, and working down- ward. By so doing the bees are pushed or shoved out of the way without crushing or pinching. With a little practice and experi- ence this can be done without killing a sin- gle bee. When all the frames are in place except the last one. there will be a space just wide enough to admit it. Slide it into posi- tion, pushing the bees off tlie end-bars on both edges at once. Be careful not to get the frames loosened up so that they will tumble over against «^ach other in a bad mix-up. If t 'ey are separated about two tinging fury. Bear in mind that Danzenbaker frames must be kept together in (jroups of ttcos and threes. Never let one frame hang by itself on the pin suppeMs. It is important to remember also that when they are all in lilace they must be shoved uj) together tight without any s|)aces Ijetween them. For many manipulations like giving brood to another hive, or for the purpose of ex- tracting, it becomes necessary to dislodge the bees from the frames. This can be done by brushing them off as shown under Ex- tracting, or they can be pounded off with a blow of the fist on the back of the hand, grasping the end-bar as shown. Or one may grasp the end-bars of the frame solidly, and with a quick downward. HOW TO BUMP THE IJEES OFF A COMI!.. 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 Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923; Root, E. R. (Ernest Rob), 1862-1953. Medina, Ohio, The A. I. Root Company
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