Seedsmen . -Guard Plan.—In place of clipping the queenswings, many apiarists prefer the entrance-guards, one of whichis attached at every entrance. The queen cannot, of course,pass the perforated zinc, and there is. in consequence, no dangerof her getting lost in the grass. Then if the women-folks wontgo near, the bees will go back to the old hive; but you may besure they will try it over again unless you give them a newhive full of empty combs or frames of foundation. Th^y willthen go to work, and probably give it up for the rest of the sea-son. This plan has the advantage that everything wil
Seedsmen . -Guard Plan.—In place of clipping the queenswings, many apiarists prefer the entrance-guards, one of whichis attached at every entrance. The queen cannot, of course,pass the perforated zinc, and there is. in consequence, no dangerof her getting lost in the grass. Then if the women-folks wontgo near, the bees will go back to the old hive; but you may besure they will try it over again unless you give them a newhive full of empty combs or frames of foundation. Th^y willthen go to work, and probably give it up for the rest of the sea-son. This plan has the advantage that everything will takecare of itself till you get home, and there is no danger, either,that you will lose any swarms. The Alley Trap.—This goes one step further, and catchesthe queen in a compartment by herself. The whole trap maythen be detached, and the queen liberated in a new hive ofcombs on the old stand, carrying out the plan outlined underthe clipped-queen plan above. 42 LILLY, BOGARDUS & CO., INC., Prevention by Caging the Queen.—In the production of combhoney there is only one reliable method, and that means somuch work that the majority of bee-keepers do not practice the queen of each colony over the brood-nest at the ap-proach of the swarming season, and then in eight days cut outthe queen-cells, and in eight days cut the cells again; but ifyou havent a large apiary, and you have spare time nights andmornings, the labor will not figure much. The cutting-out ofthe cells alone or giving plenty of surplus room will help greatlyto discourage, if not prevent swarming altogether. THE DOVETAIL HIVE This hive is considered the regular up-to-date style, and isfurnished with all of the latest devices adapted to modern bee-keeping. The cover is theimproved II;ggins-ville style, it is acombination of theflat and gable cov-ers, and is strongand plain hi con-struction. We can supplyyou with either theExcelsior or ventil-ated cover withoutextra charge. In ordering dove-tail
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