THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



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of those plans will (x-rur to everj'ono, 

 iiiul oacli will adopt a conrso l)«>st suit- 

 ed to Ids ciicumstaiu-cs. 



Williout cxtromo cai-c tlio Ik^cs will 

 bo^iii to K«'t ail iidiinatlDO of what is 

 VoiiiK on, and so it is well, as soon as 

 tlioy Ik'kIii ti) show tronltiosonio in- 

 duisitlvenoss, to susji nd operations 

 lor a few hours. 



When robbers an^ not trouldesoiae 

 a most <'onvenient way to Tree the 

 cases from bees Is, insiead of putting 

 them into piles, after the cover is put 

 I'ack onto the hive, to set the case on 

 end on top of the froid ( nd of the hive, 

 when the bees will soon run down the 

 front of the hive to the entrance. 



I do not do much extracting from 

 untinished sections. All that weigh 

 eeven or eight ounces and more are 

 readily salable for more tiian they ;ire 

 worth In any other form, and In ex- 

 tracting the ones lighter than that, one 

 could hardly extract enough honey to 

 pay him for his labor, while if the bees 

 are allowed to remove it from the 

 comb It has a siibstnntlal value, espec- 

 ially if allowed to be done at a proper 

 time In the spring. It has been held 

 that siu-h cond)s should be cleaned out 

 by the bet^s in the fall to prevent the 

 candying of honey afterwards depos- 

 ited In them, but I have found it quite 

 safe to have the cleaning done In tlie 

 siiring if the cond)s arc allowed to b<^ 

 moistened during tlie operation by n 

 shower or by spi'aying. I use these 

 (oml)s for receiving the first honey of 

 the season, for I Hnd bees will often 

 deposit considerable honey in drawn 

 cond) in the supers before circum- 

 stances are conducive to their build- 

 ing comb there. 



As to the care of such combs dur- 

 ing the winter little need be said. If 

 they nre kept dry and closed ag.tinst 

 nuce and dust they wdl conu^ out in 

 the spring in good condition. 



Lapeer. June 23, 1903. 



=:;;AOUL BROOD TREATMENT 

 =<\ AI'TICR TIIIC HONEY HAR- 

 VEST. BV WM. McEVOY. 



It was after the honey flow was over last fall 

 when I was appointed Inspector of Apiaries for 

 MichiKiin, aid I knew that little could he done 

 in the way of treatinj.; diseased colonies, l)nt I 

 thought there could be no harm in knowing 

 exactly what a veteran Inspector did at that sea- 

 .son of the year, accordingly I wrote to Mr. 

 Mcp;voy. Me wrote nie a long', kind letter, giving 

 s\ich excellent advice that I think it ought to be 

 passed on to the public. Most of the advice is 

 particularly applicable to the latter part of the 

 sea.son, but some of it, especially that in regard 

 to management when robbers are troublesome, 

 will soon be very timely —Ki>. KnviiiW. 



I'"n( nd llntchinson, I am much 

 I'leased to learn (h;it you are to be tin; 

 inspi'ctor for Michigan. 



I will try and explain how I work 

 at this season of the y(>ar when rob- 

 bers are on the hunt to rush in the 

 moment you open a hive. 



HANDLING BEP:S WITHOUT TROUDI^K 

 FROM ROBBERS. 



As I have to examine, and move on 

 from one apiary to another during 

 every hour of the day, I put a big 

 check to all robbing at once, and at 

 the same time put every colony in 

 (lulet shape for handling, by commenc- 

 ing at one end of the apiary and 

 smoking and jai'ring well every colony, 

 so that the bees Avill lill themselves 

 well. 



^^'hen I get the last one done I go 

 back to the first one that I commenced 

 on, and, by tliat time, it will be in a 

 good natnred mood, Avith every b(>e 

 full of honey, and no robbers from 

 other hiv(\s about to bother, as all the 

 bees are tilling up In their own hives. 



I oi)en the tlrst one I smoked, and 

 so on to the last one, which will be 

 filled nj) when I get to it. As I remove 

 the centre comb I turn my back to the 

 sun, holding the comb from me in a 

 "slant-in-dickler" position, so that the 

 sun can shine right down on the lower 

 side of the cells, and enable me to see 

 the stain marks of foul brood in colls 

 that were never capped, which is some- 



