. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. S\VARMI\(;. 2()2 SWARMINU. Avhnle eripriry nf tlio swarm is ilirot'tf'il to Ihe inner i hive, I close hniiey-sl >ts or rcphu'c the inovahlc fninie rtml eiit off eoinieelion Ihroiiffli the top. They then make fnr ihe entranee, ealling- in nil absentees, ' and in a few miinitos the new colony is placed in the apiary. It is the simplest process in the world to hive n natural swarm of bees, if they arc manng^cd with patient K-entleness, and not irritated by rude , treatment. Thousands of men think
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. S\VARMI\(;. 2()2 SWARMINU. Avhnle eripriry nf tlio swarm is ilirot'tf'il to Ihe inner i hive, I close hniiey-sl >ts or rcphu'c the inovahlc fninie rtml eiit off eoinieelion Ihroiiffli the top. They then make fnr ihe entranee, ealling- in nil absentees, ' and in a few miinitos the new colony is placed in the apiary. It is the simplest process in the world to hive n natural swarm of bees, if they arc manng^cd with patient K-entleness, and not irritated by rude , treatment. Thousands of men think they know how to hive lieos, and yet the use of the veil and ffloves proves they do not comprehend the nature of ; the insect. I can hive halt a dozen swarms in the J time required to iniike an artiHcial colony. In fact, j it can bo done sooner thjui described, and there is no l earthly necessity (»f using'\eils »ir other protective means. With this mode of hiving u natural swarm. or with any other mode, Uic most im}n>rta]it part nf the whole transnrtiini is (n rcDnivc the liiv a» snan a^ the cinifu»i<tn of fiiviua iV over and t}ir hers quiet, to some other lociility, in order to avoid the retufning scouts whose exploraticms of the forest for a hollow tree may have been successful. If so, whether they find the swarm in the place they left it, or in a new hivG, they will as surely take the colony off to the woods as effect follows cause in any other ope- ration of their economy, Geokge B. Peters. Council Uend. Ark., Sept. 1:2, 187(5. I t. 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. Sydney, Hebblewhite
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