. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 34 j;i(.(: ;K nooK SI'UI NC M \M I'll. A arc kept, and in this case it will i)ay the beekeeper to rear his own queens (which sec in chapter on Queen Rearing .'iiul Introducing^). Bef ore openni}4 a hive see that the smoker is smoking satisfactorily, and then go to the hive to be opened and puit a little smoke in at its entrance and wait a few moments; then the operation should be repeated. When the bees api)ear to be (luict,. s'^^S'J'iSL'vl '^ OPEN Hivis < AKi;rt'; ir will savk
. Biggle bee book [microform] : a swarm of facts on practical bee-keeping, carefully hived. Bees. 34 j;i(.(: ;K nooK SI'UI NC M \M I'll. A arc kept, and in this case it will i)ay the beekeeper to rear his own queens (which sec in chapter on Queen Rearing .'iiul Introducing^). Bef ore openni}4 a hive see that the smoker is smoking satisfactorily, and then go to the hive to be opened and puit a little smoke in at its entrance and wait a few moments; then the operation should be repeated. When the bees api)ear to be (luict,. s'^^S'J'iSL'vl '^ OPEN Hivis < AKi;rt'; ir will savk many a siinj; gently prv up the lid of the hive just a little bit and send a pufT oi smoke over the t()i)s of the frames, and the hive is ready to be opene(i. It is a shame the way some beekeepers deluge their bees with smoke, and then jiroceed to jerk or kick the hive lids otT. Xo wonder that in a few seconds the air is filled with stinging l)ees, which could have been entirely avoided had a little more patience' and a little less smoke been used. After the hive is open, select a frame in the center of the brood nest and gently lift it from the hive and examine it carefully to hnd the (pieen. I never hunt farther than the tirst frame if it be well filled with young larv;e, for it is a sign that the queen is present and laying all right. One by one each hive can thus be examined, and it is astonishing how many hives can be examined in the course of an hour. We have freciuently gone over a hundred colonics in four or five hours and not hurried at that. If any colonies are weak they should be strengthened by giving a frame or two oi brood and bees from a strong colony, being careful not to give them the in»iii â :»*--*<'Kr^'mi^. 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 Biggle, Jacob. Philadel
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