. The American bee keeper's manual;. Bee culture; Bees. 300 miner's AMERICAN as dark as possible within the hives. This done, the lower hive should be rapped smartly with a small rod on all sides, for the space of ten or fifteen minutes; when, in all probability half or two-thirds of the family, with the queen, will have ascended into the upper hive, and clustered there in a compact and quiet body. now TO CUT OUT BROOD-COMBS. This is a job that is not coveted by the amateur apia- rian ; yet it must be done, where artificial swarms are to be made; and when once performed, it is quite easy to do
. The American bee keeper's manual;. Bee culture; Bees. 300 miner's AMERICAN as dark as possible within the hives. This done, the lower hive should be rapped smartly with a small rod on all sides, for the space of ten or fifteen minutes; when, in all probability half or two-thirds of the family, with the queen, will have ascended into the upper hive, and clustered there in a compact and quiet body. now TO CUT OUT BROOD-COMBS. This is a job that is not coveted by the amateur apia- rian ; yet it must be done, where artificial swarms are to be made; and when once performed, it is quite easy to do. All ihat is necessary is perfect protection, that does not obscure the vision,—a steady hand, with cour- age and perseverance, and all obstacles dwindle into insignificance. In the first place, I will introduce to your acquaint- ance, a couple of very handy instruments, that every bee-keeper should One is a long knife, with an edge on each side, and sharpened at the end, so as to admit severing combs from their attachments with facihty. The other is a long steel rod, with a two-edged knife at the angle, for the purpose of cutting combs horizontally. One edge of the blade is turned directly tow^ards the reader, and the other from him. The length of the rod and handle, should be about 18 inches, and the length of the blade at the angle, an inch and a halfl The diameter of 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 Miner, T. B. [from old catalog]. New York, C. M. Saxton & company
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