. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 618 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. little danger from robbers, if the oper- ator is careful not to have a lot of dauby combs exposed. The less honey in the combs the bet- ter for transferring, and at the time of fruit-bloom the supply on hand gets its lowest. Later the combs are fuller; if not with honey, at least with brood. The earlier transferring also gives a chance for the bees to get in good condition for harvest, although the transferring may not materially interfere. "Driving" Bees Explained. In the answer to Elmer Bridenstine's question, on
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 618 AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. little danger from robbers, if the oper- ator is careful not to have a lot of dauby combs exposed. The less honey in the combs the bet- ter for transferring, and at the time of fruit-bloom the supply on hand gets its lowest. Later the combs are fuller; if not with honey, at least with brood. The earlier transferring also gives a chance for the bees to get in good condition for harvest, although the transferring may not materially interfere. "Driving" Bees Explained. In the answer to Elmer Bridenstine's question, on page 489, what is meant by "drive," and how is it done? How are the bees united with the former "drive?" Subscriber. Answer.—If an empty hive or box is placed over an inverted box-hive contain- ing a colony, all openings for the escape of the bees being fastened up, and the sides of the box-hive be continuously pounded or drummed on for some time, the bees will commence traveling up into the upper hive or box, and if the drumming be continued long enough, nearly all the bees will go up. Such an operation is called "driving" or "drum- ; "The former drive" means the bees driven out at the former time of driving. Amerikanische Bienenzucht is the name of a bee-book printed in the Ger- man language, which we now have for sale. It is a hand-book on bee-keeping, giving the methods in use by the best American and German apiarists. Illus- trated; 138 pages; price, postpaid, $ It is just the book for our Ger- man bee-keepers. We club it with the Bee Journal for one year, for $ Alley's Queen-Rearing: book, or "Thirty Years Among the Bees," gives the result of over a quarter-cen- tury's experience in rearing queen-bees, and describing the practical, every-day work. By Henry Alley. It contains an "Appendix," showing the improvements made in queen-rearing the last four years. Very latest work of the kind.
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