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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 them. 



