. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. liive; then with the bee-bvush clean off the bottom and top of the super; this will clean out nearly all the bees. The super should tlien be placed inside of a building. What few remain will desert, fly to the window screens, and get out through the bee-escape, which should be provided in all well-regu- lated honey-houses. But a better plan, per- haps, would be to shake out most of the. MAKTIN S SUrKI: j. l : 1 i;. I HE WHITNEY BEE-E
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. liive; then with the bee-bvush clean off the bottom and top of the super; this will clean out nearly all the bees. The super should tlien be placed inside of a building. What few remain will desert, fly to the window screens, and get out through the bee-escape, which should be provided in all well-regu- lated honey-houses. But a better plan, per- haps, would be to shake out most of the. MAKTIN S SUrKI: j. l : 1 i;. I HE WHITNEY BEE-ESCAPE CASE FOR CLEARING THE BEES FROil COjMB- HONEY SUPERS. bees as before described, then stand the supers on end, and set over a case with bee- escapes on top, like that shown in the sub- joined engraving. This is used by W. M. Whitney, of Lake Geneva, Wis. martin's super-jotjncer. Another very excellent plan for getting bees out of supers without a bee-escape is ilesciibed by Mr. John H. Martin, under the itom deplume of " Rambler," in Gleanings in Bre Culture. It is simply a framework of suitable size bolted together, having four stout legs, braced and cleated in such a way as to hold a super of sections right over a cloth tray just beneath. Super, framework, and all, or " jouncer,'" as Mr. Martin calls it, are raised up and set down on the ground with a quick sharp jar. 1 his " jouncing'' is repeated in rapid succession until all the bees are shaken out on the cloth, from which they can easily be dumpeil in front of the hive. The work can be done more quickly than it takes to tell it. There are those who are strong enough in their arms and back to shake nearly all the Ijets out with a tieniuhnis motion witlioiit a jouncer; but it is back-aching work for the best of 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 n
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