. Beekeeping in California. Bees. 1936] Beekeeping in California 35 have the entrance contracted to a 1-inch opening. An extra hive body, an inner cover or mat, and a 10-pound friction-top pail of sirup (warm sirup if the weather is cold) are also needed for each hive. Burlap sack- ing makes a good mat to cover the frames and keep in the warmth of the bees. Loosen the wire fastened to the queen cage, jounce the shipping cage on the ground, and remove the feeder-can with a twisting motion to avoid crushing the bees. Lay this feeder-can with adhering bees on top of the frames, and examine the qu
. Beekeeping in California. Bees. 1936] Beekeeping in California 35 have the entrance contracted to a 1-inch opening. An extra hive body, an inner cover or mat, and a 10-pound friction-top pail of sirup (warm sirup if the weather is cold) are also needed for each hive. Burlap sack- ing makes a good mat to cover the frames and keep in the warmth of the bees. Loosen the wire fastened to the queen cage, jounce the shipping cage on the ground, and remove the feeder-can with a twisting motion to avoid crushing the bees. Lay this feeder-can with adhering bees on top of the frames, and examine the queen cage to see that the queen. Fig. 12.—Another method of installing package bees in which the shipping cage is inverted over the frames inside of a hive body. is uninjured. If she is in a three-hole provisioned cage, punch a hole through the candy opening of the cage with a match stem or a large nail, and hang the queen cage between two frames. The queen cage can be held in place between the frames by the pressure of the two frames or by the wire tied to the cage. Shake the bees that adhered to the feeder-can and also a good double handful of bees from the shipping cage on top of the frames over the queen cage. Place the shipping cage in the hive, top side up, in the space left by the missing frames; and lay a thin stick across the opening and the frames to provide bee space, if a mat is used. Invert the feeder-can in one corner of the hive on two small sticks, spill- ing some of the sirup over the frames while doing so. Put the extra hive body in place, cover the frames snugly with burlap and close the hive (fig. 11) ; or the frames may be left in place and the shipping cage in- serted over the frames (fig. 12).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eckert, John Edward, 1895-. Berkeley, Calif
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