. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb 7, 1907 American lee Journal wanted to go, children and all, and even called 4 dogs along-. Well, I had lots of fun, but only one boy stayed to help carry the honey, axe, saw, wash-boiler, and a dozen other articles be- sides a box full of bees—60 pounds (esti- mated) of capped-over honey. I cut a tree and let it fall on a pile of brush to save the jar, then I paid no more attention to the bees. As for stings, they positively cured me of rheumatism. I sawed close to the hole, then split out, kept sawing and splitting out to the comb, smoking the b
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. Feb 7, 1907 American lee Journal wanted to go, children and all, and even called 4 dogs along-. Well, I had lots of fun, but only one boy stayed to help carry the honey, axe, saw, wash-boiler, and a dozen other articles be- sides a box full of bees—60 pounds (esti- mated) of capped-over honey. I cut a tree and let it fall on a pile of brush to save the jar, then I paid no more attention to the bees. As for stings, they positively cured me of rheumatism. I sawed close to the hole, then split out, kept sawing and splitting out to the comb, smoking the bees up the hollow. Then I removed the comb, putting the young bees and comb in the box, and saving the choice capped-over pieces (and I had seen pieces 3 feet long) to eat. The broken pieces I saved for the bees to com- mence on. .Just one week from the time I put these bees in this box they had tilled it nearly full of new comb and laid eggs in nearly every cell. I put them in 4-frame hives, cutting out the comb and putting it in the frames. When I went back, 3 weeks after, they had 3 more trees, and 1 found 4 trees while hunt- ing squirrels. I put 4 of these queens in a box the size of a suit-case, with a frame of brood and all the bees I could get handy by brushing them off the other frames. I car- ried that box as a grip (I did not pay express) 3 days and nights before I got them out in larger space in hives. I gave each frime a new hive and spread them by adding frames of foundation as they needed it. I cut the trees in July. There are 8 colonies of bees now doing fine. When I returned to see the people they called me a " bee-man," and asked me to rob a hive. I took out a frame of nice capped- over honey. To see those Indians reach out for a chunk of that honey did me good. Do you think I could learn to be anything of a bee-man * I sold those I carried so far in my band, so I have no bees. Wichita, Kan. L. Benson. [Yes, there are encouraging signs of a bee- kee
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