Gleanings in bee culture . have the latter atyour mercy. Some of the combs of honeymay be fit for the table. Melt up the rest;and, when cold, lift off the cake of wax. 4. You can do so while dandelion is in fullplay; but unless you have some special rea-son for doing so at so early a date, betterwait till white clover begins. 5. In general the two-frame, and some-times the three-frame, are better. 6. Yes, not only a possibility, but a goodprobability, if you give it a frame of broodby May 25, and then two more brood after-ward, giving each of them after an intervalof ten days. Fooling the Bobb
Gleanings in bee culture . have the latter atyour mercy. Some of the combs of honeymay be fit for the table. Melt up the rest;and, when cold, lift off the cake of wax. 4. You can do so while dandelion is in fullplay; but unless you have some special rea-son for doing so at so early a date, betterwait till white clover begins. 5. In general the two-frame, and some-times the three-frame, are better. 6. Yes, not only a possibility, but a goodprobability, if you give it a frame of broodby May 25, and then two more brood after-ward, giving each of them after an intervalof ten days. Fooling the Bobbers. Last season I discovered a sure cure forrobbing; at least the plan did not fail meonce during the season. I take two boardsfour or five feet long, and lay on top of thehive lengthwise, the outer edge of the boardseven with the outside edge of the extend about two feet over the frontof the hive. Then I take a piece of old car-pet or anything that will reach around theboards, hive and all. With a short board. I press the carpet tight against the sides ofthe hive and put something under the hiveif there is any light showing. This forms adark passageway of about two feet into theentrance of the hive. The robbers wontenter unless they can see light or some wayto dodge out. The bees which belong to thehive will pass thru and into the City, Mo. J. H. Morris. Extract Those Partly Filled Sections. I know not whether any one else has triedit, but I had my blacksmith make me fourclamps in order that I might extract fromimperfect sections. I tried to get a clampsuitable for the purpose, but without suc-cess, so I had a blacksmith make me four—one for each basket in the extractor. Theyare just long enough to slip over the ends ofsection-holders with four sections in; andwhen the thumbscrew was turned down therewas no trouble in the extractor, except I hadto put a screw-end down in the extractor. JUNE 15, 1916 Of course I uncap after the sections areclamped in t
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