. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1900 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 143 CONTROLLING ROBBERS. THIS is a question in which some of our recent correspondents are in- terested. As tlie season has now arrived, or is fast approaching, when trouble from robbers is most lilvely to occur, it may not be amiss to offer a few suggestions along this line. Colonies of bees in good working con- dition are not ordinarily attacked by robbers; and if it should occur, no un- easiness need be felt for their ability to protect themselves. Such a condition By far the better way of dealing with robbers is to
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1900 THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 143 CONTROLLING ROBBERS. THIS is a question in which some of our recent correspondents are in- terested. As tlie season has now arrived, or is fast approaching, when trouble from robbers is most lilvely to occur, it may not be amiss to offer a few suggestions along this line. Colonies of bees in good working con- dition are not ordinarily attacked by robbers; and if it should occur, no un- easiness need be felt for their ability to protect themselves. Such a condition By far the better way of dealing with robbers is to carefully guard against the beginning of their work. Should it be necessary to manipulate a colony at a time when robbers are troublesome, it is an excellent precaution to perform the work under a hive-tent. If convenient to do so, the chances of an attack will be further reduced by doing the work in the evening. Great care should be ex- ercised that no particle of honey is left daubed about or upon the hive or the robbers will most likely have cleaned the hive of all honey, both inside and out,. A BAD CASK OF ROBBING. would result only when, through care- lessness or accident, the bees of the same or adjacent apiaries had been tho- roughly aroused to it. Nothing more eflfctually incites wholesale robbing than to expose honey during a dearth from natural sources. When once this has been done, the persistence of the stronger to prey upon the weaker colo- nies is as remarkable as it is annoying to the apiarist. ere the bee-keeper has breakfasted. When the honey-tiow has ceased we consider it a good plan to allow the grass and weeds to grow up about the hives. This is rather unsightly to the bee-keeper of tidy habits, but we be- lieve it serves a useful purpose, espe- cially in the case of nuclei. When bees are in a robbing mood any changes in the general appearance of the apiary, by re-arrangement, removal,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images th
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