. 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. SWARMIXG. 428 GU3IBERT'S APFAUAl us FUli IiniNU SWA101> cent. Aside fi'om this it will be lighter. But it is more desirable to prevent swarms from going beyond our reach—at least clus- tering on elevated limbs. HOW TO GET A SAVARM FROM AX IXACCES- SIBLE LIMB. Sometimes a swarm will alight upon a limb beyond the reach of any ladder. Pos- sibly, also, the limb upon which the bees are clustered is so far out from the body
. 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. SWARMIXG. 428 GU3IBERT'S APFAUAl us FUli IiniNU SWA101> cent. Aside fi'om this it will be lighter. But it is more desirable to prevent swarms from going beyond our reach—at least clus- tering on elevated limbs. HOW TO GET A SAVARM FROM AX IXACCES- SIBLE LIMB. Sometimes a swarm will alight upon a limb beyond the reach of any ladder. Pos- sibly, also, the limb upon which the bees are clustered is so far out from the body of the tree that it would not sustain the weight of any one climbing after them. Such a swarm can usually be reached in the following man- ner: Secure a" ball of good strong twine, and tie on the end of it a stone about as large as the single fist. If you are not a good thrower yourself, get some boy who is a good ball-player to perform the throwing act. Uncoil a considerable quantity of the line, then throw the stone into a crotch if one is near the swarm. If you are lucky enough to land the stone in the right place, right in the crotch, draw gently on the line until the stone catches in the fork of the crotch. Give one quick jerk to dislodge the bees and after that keep the limb in a trem- ble until the bees cluster on some other spot which they will do presently if the limb is kept agitated for five or ten minutes. They may cluster higher up. but the probabilities are they will seek some other spot more ccessible. If there is no convenient crotch at the right point, throw the stone so it will pass over the limb, taking about one foot of line -. then give the string a good jerk, causing the stone with the line to whirl around the limb a couple of times. If you do not succeed in doing this the first time or two. a second or third attempt may be suc- cessful. It is not a very diflicult trick; but the main thing is to get the line attached to the limb at some point near t
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