. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. APlARY. to get all the bees out of a room every time Ave open a hive, and bees are very untidy when crushed by careless footsteps on the floor of a room. To avoid this necessitates an almost in- cessant use of the broom. Again, when young bees are just sallying out for their first flight, they wil
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. APlARY. to get all the bees out of a room every time Ave open a hive, and bees are very untidy when crushed by careless footsteps on the floor of a room. To avoid this necessitates an almost in- cessant use of the broom. Again, when young bees are just sallying out for their first flight, they will, if the hive is opened at just the right time, come out in the house in great numbers, and to try to stop them by any other means than closing the hive, is like trying to stop the rain from falling. These bees, after having had their " play- spell,v will insist on returning to the hive in the same way that they came out, and if they are driven out of the house and the door closed, they will sometimes collect in a large cluster on or about the door. It is true they are seldom lost, for they will usu- ally be allowed to enter the hives nearest the door; but it weakens the hive from which they came, and is very apt to puzzle a novice in the business sorely. To obviate this trouble, we can avoid opening the hives during the afternoon, or at such times as the bees are likely to rush out for a play; after a shower for instance. On the preceding page we give a picture of the house-apiary that we have used for several years. A more accurate cut of the building as it now appears will be found in the picture of our apiary - see frontispiece. The interior will be readily understood from the accompanying diagram; the upper storj is at present occupied by the children as a play-room. Perhaps the most difficult part to make in the whole building is the roof, unless we make it of tin ; this is some- what expensive; but if kept well painted, it will last almost indefinitely. The orna- m
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