. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. skillful economists in the Gatinois, after the crop of sainfoin, transport their hives into the plains of La Beauce, where the melilot aboiuuis; afterward into Solojjne, where the conntry is covered with buck- wheat, which is in flower until the end of September. The practice is universal in the country, and even the humble peasant imitates the opulent proprietor in the trans- portation of his ; M. Bomare adds : " We are informed, by a memoir of M. Duhamel, that the i)rotit wliich is extracted from the bees under the system of transpor
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. skillful economists in the Gatinois, after the crop of sainfoin, transport their hives into the plains of La Beauce, where the melilot aboiuuis; afterward into Solojjne, where the conntry is covered with buck- wheat, which is in flower until the end of September. The practice is universal in the country, and even the humble peasant imitates the opulent proprietor in the trans- portation of his ; M. Bomare adds : " We are informed, by a memoir of M. Duhamel, that the i)rotit wliich is extracted from the bees under the system of transportation, is very considera- ble. From the month of July, when the bees have swarmed, and have made an ^'xeellent harvest from the sainfoin, the whole of the honey and wax is taken from Bellows Bee Smokers. Since the invention of the extractor by Ilruska, no more important contri- bution to practical bee-culture has been made than the Bellows Smoker. The late Mr. Quinby was the first to make such an article, and it was ac- corded the whole held during the life of the distinguished inventor. Though it did not prove to be so perfect that no improvements were needed, it is well known that so long as no substan-. NOVlCE'b them, and the bees are put into an empty hive. The hives are then transported into a country where an abundance of flowers and mellifluous herbs are' to be found. If the w^eather be fine, and the flowers luxuri- ent, the hives, which have been transported in July, are well filled by the latter end of August. They are then changed a second time, and particular care taken of the brood combs. As soon as the bees have been thus changed a second time, they are removed into a country wliere buckwheat abounds; and supposing the season to be favorable, the hives are so well filled that a third of their combs may be ; 1^ The Lakefield, Ont., says "Mr. W. H. Langford chopped down a maple tree which contained the hard- earned hoardings of a colony of
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