. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. 164 ROBBING. I have used successfully a rag moistened with car- bolic acid, hung on the front of the hive just over the entrance, and the Rev. G. Raynor recommended a cloth sprinkled with carbolic solution, as described on page loi, laid uj)on the alighting-board. The cloth is replaced every morning, and sprinkled or sprayed with the solution several times a day in bright weather. The tendency to start robbing should, however, be guarded against bv
. British bee-keeper's guide book to the management of bees in movable-comb hives, and the use of modern bee-appliances. Illustrated. Bee culture. 164 ROBBING. I have used successfully a rag moistened with car- bolic acid, hung on the front of the hive just over the entrance, and the Rev. G. Raynor recommended a cloth sprinkled with carbolic solution, as described on page loi, laid uj)on the alighting-board. The cloth is replaced every morning, and sprinkled or sprayed with the solution several times a day in bright weather. The tendency to start robbing should, however, be guarded against bv leaving no sweets exposed, by uniting weak stocks, and keeping all colonies strong. Up to a recent date trouble from robbing was usually prevalent in the autumn, when removing the. Fig. 115.—"Porter" Bee-escape. final surplus for the year, or, more frequently still, when getting boxes of combs — wet after extracting— cleaned up for storing. This evil has, however, been almost entirely done away with by the use of the super- clearer (Fig. 36, page 58), fitted with the " Porter " bee-escape (Fig. 115). This appliance, properly used, keeps the bees quiet, and is altogether helpful for the end in view (see page 58). An outbreak of robbing may, if taken in time, be checked by sprinkling the bees and the whole of the hive-front with carbolised water from a fine-rose water- ing-can. A few drops only of carbolic acid are needed, just sufficient to <rent the 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 Cowan, T. W. (Thomas William), 1840-1926. London, Madgwick, Houlston
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