. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. loo THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. Squeeze or wring the cloths as dry as possi- ble, then take off the cover of the hive, place the clearer or escape board fitted with a " Porter escape " on the cover of the hive, lift the crate of sections off the hive and al- low one of the cloths to drop gently in its place over the top of frames and the super is placed on the clearer before a bee has es- caped. The other cloth comes handy when taking two crates from one hive, or in put- ting an extra crate on under the clearer. The bees pass into the hive in a fe
. The Bee-keepers' review. Bee culture. loo THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. Squeeze or wring the cloths as dry as possi- ble, then take off the cover of the hive, place the clearer or escape board fitted with a " Porter escape " on the cover of the hive, lift the crate of sections off the hive and al- low one of the cloths to drop gently in its place over the top of frames and the super is placed on the clearer before a bee has es- caped. The other cloth comes handy when taking two crates from one hive, or in put- ting an extra crate on under the clearer. The bees pass into the hive in a few hours, or by the morning. At my out-apiary I put them on in the evening and remove the hon- ey in the morning ^-eady to be put into the trap to take home. I consider the super clearer one of the most useful appliances that has been added to the bee-keepers' out- fit for many years. I well remember the old way of removing sections, brushing and shaking or blowing the bees off or out or through the pop holes at the corners of the sections, now tlie bees clear out themselves while other work can be attended to. Once it was a general disturbance, now it is done (luietly ; then the stings were many, now they are a rarity ; then one's eyes were oft- times full of or smarting with smoke, now by the use of the cloths (parbolized) there is no danger of stained sections, or robber bees following around ready to pounce in as soon as the quilt is removed from the top of the section crate, making the bees of the hive vicious and spiteful; then it meant a general upset to the hives from which the honey was removed and a great loss of time to the bees, now, with plenty of supering crates on hand, the honey can be removed and the bees con- tinue right along with their work without a Vjreak, thus increasing the out-put. Yet another point in favor of the super clearer, i. e., when the bees have built brace combs between the bottoms of sections and tops of frames, the bees, as they pass from th
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