. Australian bee lore and bee culture : including the influence of bees on crops and the colour of flowers and its influence on bee life. Bees; Bee culture. BEE-KEEPING IN BAR-FRAME HIVES. 239 hive after the cover has been removed until they have been sub- dued. THE SMOKE BELLOWS. -There are hot and cold-blast bel- lows. In the first-named, the air is blown through the fire, and thus becomes heated. Beginners unacquainted with this fact fre- quently injure some of their bees by holding the bellows too near them. A bellows on the hot-blast principle produces a greater volume of smoke, and there
. Australian bee lore and bee culture : including the influence of bees on crops and the colour of flowers and its influence on bee life. Bees; Bee culture. BEE-KEEPING IN BAR-FRAME HIVES. 239 hive after the cover has been removed until they have been sub- dued. THE SMOKE BELLOWS. -There are hot and cold-blast bel- lows. In the first-named, the air is blown through the fire, and thus becomes heated. Beginners unacquainted with this fact fre- quently injure some of their bees by holding the bellows too near them. A bellows on the hot-blast principle produces a greater volume of smoke, and therefore more readily subdues the irrita- bility of the bees, but too frequently sparks of fire are carried with the smoke into the bees. The cold blast is the safer, especially in the hands of a novice. No bee-keeper can do without a smoker. The smokers in the market are the "Koot" and the "Bingham,". Smoker. both of which are on the hot-blast method. As a cold blast, the "Clark" has had a good innings, but is rapidly being superseded by the ";' This is also a cold blast, and can be used with the greatest safety by the most inexperienced. The materials used for charging the smoker are various—semi-decayed wood chips, and saw-dust from the wood heap, discarded cotton-waste, old bags, cow droppings, etc. Anything that will smoulder is suit- able. The last-named must be perfectly dry, and has the advan- tage that it is almost impossible to blow it into flame. SWARM CATCHER.—This is a very useful appliance. A bag made of mosquito net, and sewn to a hoop of about 15 inches in diameter, makes a very good one. It should be fixed to the end of a long, light pole, and at right angles to it. With such an instru- ment when a swarm settles on a tree out of ordinary reach, they can be secured by such an appliance and brought to the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanc
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