Productive farming . Fig. 206.—Bee structures: a, worker-bee, pollen loaded; 6, mouth parts of along-tongued bee; c, hind leg of bee showing pollen carrier; d, wax cutter andcurry-comb of 1st joint of hind leg; e, antenna-cleaner of fore leg; f, hair of bumble-bee; g, h, i, hairs of three difEerent kinds of bees. (From Smiths Insect Friendsand Enemies.) BEE-KEEPING 303 front just above the floor for the entrance of bees. Framesare hung inside the box, and are supplied with combs wiU become filled with honey and young bee-bread. Then another box called a svper is placed above th
Productive farming . Fig. 206.—Bee structures: a, worker-bee, pollen loaded; 6, mouth parts of along-tongued bee; c, hind leg of bee showing pollen carrier; d, wax cutter andcurry-comb of 1st joint of hind leg; e, antenna-cleaner of fore leg; f, hair of bumble-bee; g, h, i, hairs of three difEerent kinds of bees. (From Smiths Insect Friendsand Enemies.) BEE-KEEPING 303 front just above the floor for the entrance of bees. Framesare hung inside the box, and are supplied with combs wiU become filled with honey and young bee-bread. Then another box called a svper is placed above thefirst one. If comb honey is wanted for use or for market,the super is supplied with small frames to hold one poundeach. If liquid, or extracted, honey is wanted the framesin the super are much larger. From these the honey isremoved without destroying the Fig. 207.—Typical beehive. (From The A, B, C of Bee Culture,A, I, Koot Company.) Swarming.—In early summer the hives of bees usuallybecome overcrowded with bees, because of the young broodsmaturing. This brings on the desire to swarm. One queengoes out with the swarm, usually leaving a queen cell in theold hive from which a young queen emerges in a few swarm usually gathers on some object, as a tree near an empty hive is ready the queen and most of the beescan be taken while quiet and placed near the entrance tothe hive or in the hive. The colony will then adopt this as 304 PRODUCTIVE FARMING its new home. It is important that hives be watched closelyat the season when most of the swarming is done. This willhelp to prevent loss of swarms. Many swarms are lost eachyear by not knowing when the queen and bees leave the way of preventing loss in this way is to keep the wingsof the queen clipped so that she cannot fly away. This is acommon practice among bee-kee
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