FRAMES, TO MAXIPILATE. 



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FRUIT-BLOSSOMS. 



as the season draws to a close, in order to 

 make the bees finish their work. 



Fig. 13 shows a slightly difl. rent i ose 

 from that indicated in Fig. S. While the po- 

 sition of the operator is somewhat cramped, 

 it is true, yet it is niucli easier than tearing 

 down the hive, super by super, and replac- 

 ing the same. 



In Fig. 14, page 222, we have a case where 

 the season is closing abiuitly. The bees 

 have only partially tegun work in the top 

 super. To leave it on would mean that all 

 the supers would have hont^y in, and none 

 of them quite completed. Accordingly we 

 shake the bees out of the top super, place a 



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ONE TO LEAKX THE CONDITION O 

 SUPERS AT ONE GLANCE. 



thin super cover on the two lower supers, j 

 place the super just shaken on top, and the j 

 regular cover on it. The hive is now left 

 imtil we can determine a little more about | 

 the season. If there should be some good I 

 rains and warm weather, the season may < 

 take another start. In that case the super ; 

 cover that was placed between the top super 

 and the two below is removed, when work ; 

 wiU be resumed in the third super. If we \ 

 were sm-e that the season was drawing to a ' 

 close, the top super should be removed in 

 the first place. \ 



HOW TO PUT ON ESCAPE-BOARDS 



In going through bee-yards we have noted 

 the fact over and over that some bee-keep- 

 ers have an awkward way of putting on es- 

 capes. They will pull the hive apart, super 



by suiier, place the escape on the brood-nest 

 or on a super partly filled, then one by one 

 put back the supers. If no honey is coming 

 in, this will probably mean that robbers will 

 get started. 



There is no need of removing any supei-, 

 nor a cover, for that matter. All that is 

 necessary is to apply the principles illus- 

 trated in Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. See also 

 illustration under Co^re Honey on page 115. 



FRUIT-BLOSSOnaS. In the northern 

 poitions of the United States, where much 

 fruit is grown, especially apples, pears, and 

 peaches, there will be an occasional spring 

 when quite a little honey 

 is gathered from the blos- 

 soms. Xearly every sea 

 son fruit - trees yield a 

 little honey, if not too 

 cold, just when it is most 

 needed to stimulate 

 brood - rearing : and al- 

 though the bees may not 

 store much, they will 

 gather enough to give the 

 whole apiary a new im- 

 petus, so that, where 

 fruit is grown extensive- 

 ly Ijee-keepers often re- 

 ceive considerable ben- 

 efit. 



As to its quality, the 

 lioney from fruit - bios - 

 soms is among the very 

 best. It is light in color, 

 of good body, and in fla- 

 vor not rmlike the beau- 

 tiful aroma one enjoys 

 when going through an 

 orchard in full bloom. 

 Such honey, if it could be gathered in suth- 

 cient quantities, would doubtless have an 

 extensive demand : but it is very seldom 

 that bees are able to get enough to store 

 any in the supers or sections. 



SPRAYING DURING BLOOM DESTRUCTIVE TO 

 BEES AND BKOOD. 



Now that spraying with various poisonous 

 liquids has come to be almost universal 

 among fruit-growers, the question arises. 

 ••Shall such spraying be done during the 

 time the trees are in bloom, or before and 

 after ? "" If it is administered when the pet- 

 als are out. bees are almost sure to be 

 poisoned, much brood will be killed, and 

 many times valuable queens are lost. About 

 the fir t thing one notices during fruit- 

 blooming time, if trees are sprayed while in 



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