September, 1913. 



301 



American Hee Journal 



As the passage-way will not admit a 

 queen, she must be placed in the cage 

 either before the screen is entirely 

 tacked on or an opening in the side of 

 the cage must be provided. 



August Pictures We wish to call 



the attention of our readers again to 

 the series of seven pictures which ap- 



peared in our August number. These 

 photographs are especially interesting 

 on account of the fact that they teach 

 a lesson, especially for the beginner. 



Mr. G. E. Morris, of South Barre, 

 Vt., who sent us these, is a very thor- 

 ough bee-keeper. By the system of 

 swarm control, which he practices, 

 very few swarms are lost. 



Bee-Keeping <^ For Women 



Conducted bv Miss Emma M. Wilson. Marengo. III. 



How One Womam Prevents Swarming 



Miss Mathllde Candler, of Wiscon- 

 sin, is one of the (ew women who 

 keeps bees on a large scale, and one 

 of the very few who keeps bees in an 

 out-apiary. She is a thoroughly prac- 

 tical bee-keeper, and is highly suc- 

 cessful. Her plan for the prevention 

 of swarming, which she gives in The 

 Bee-Keepers' Review, shows an in- 

 genious mind, and it the plan is suc- 

 cessful with her, there is no reason 

 why it may not be successful with 

 others. For years she tried to pre- 

 vent swarming by shake-swarming 

 and other methods, trying every meth- 

 od she saw described in the bee pa- 

 pers. She found none of them quite 

 satisfactory. The plan which she 

 finally perfected she thus gives: 



"When I find a colony with queen 

 cells containing eggs or larvae I pre- 

 pare an empty hive body by putting 

 in a few empty frames with or with- 

 out foundation starters, and also one 

 or two frames containing a little 

 drawn comb to catch the pollen so 

 that the bees do not carry it up into 

 the sections. I take this to the colo- 

 ny preparing to swarm, remove its 

 supers, and take out a frame (any 

 frame with bees and brood) and 

 place it in the center of the hive 

 body, and replace the removed frame 

 with one having a foundation start- 

 er in It. 



"Ou top 1 lay a piece of wire cloth 

 cut just the size of the top of the 

 hive. Over this screen I set the pre- 

 pared hive body, letting it project 

 forward a little so the bees coming 

 home can crawl up into it from the 

 outside. Care must be taken so the 

 screen lies close and even on the 

 hive, so that the bees cannot crawl 

 in under the screen. 



"Now I put on the supers and cover 

 and Close the screen at the back 

 (caused by moving the hive body for- 

 ward) with a piece of lath. I now 

 close the entrance with a board hav- 

 ing three one-inch holes covered with 

 the cone bee-escape. All the bees 

 can get out of the hive, but they can- 

 not get back in, so they crawl up the 

 front of the hive into the hive body 

 set on the screen. 



"In four days I take off the pre- 

 pared hive body and screen, put back 

 the sections and remove the cone es- 

 cape-board at the entrance. The 

 brood-frame may either be returned 

 after destroying the queen cells on it 

 or used in other ways for strength- 

 ening nuclei, etc. 



"By this method there is no shak- 

 ing, no absconding, no hunting for 

 q\ieens or pinching off queen cells, 

 no jumping of hives or chilling of 

 brood. It is not even necessary that 

 the queers be clipped. The method 

 can be applied to any kind of a hive. 



"The queen destroys the queen 

 cells, and she does a surer job than 

 the apiarist does. There is no inter- 

 ruption in honey gathering, the bees 

 4o not feel themselves queenless. and 

 do not rush around frantically hunt- 

 ing their queen; and when they real- 

 ize that they are separated from their 

 queen, the swarming fever leaves 

 them. 



"Of course it is necessary that the 

 cone bee-escape-board at the entrance 

 fits tight so that no bees can get in. 

 Otherwise this plan will not work. 

 Nor is it necessary to wait four days 

 before changing things back; the 

 queen will have destroyed the cells 

 before that time. But I prefer to 

 wait so long to be on the safe side." 



Beauty Value of Honey 



"How doth the little busy bee im- 

 prove the shining hour?" In mak- 

 ing honey, of course, for the summer 

 girl, and if she be wise she will heart- 

 ily appreciate its efforts. 



For the building up of the fatty 

 tissue, honey is unequalled, and the 

 maid who sighs for pretty shoulders 

 should eat it morning, noon and 

 night. Buy your honey in the comb 

 to be sure that it is fresh, strain it 

 and spread it on thick slices of white 

 bread. Try this during your vacation, 

 and hollows will fill out, thin cheeks 

 grow plump, and you will come to 

 see why Mother Goose assured us 

 that "the queen was in the parlor eat- 

 ing bread and honey. Doubtless it 

 was a beauty parlor! 



The sallow girl, or one who suffers 

 from pimples, will find the same 



honey diet one of the very best ways 

 of clearing her system and freeing 

 her from constipation, for honey is a 

 natural, beneficial and effective laxa- 

 tive. 



Externally honey is just as bene- 

 ficial as it is internally, as it is soft- 

 ening, whitening and soothing to the 

 skin. If you have any left from your 

 daily diet you can rid yourself of a 

 sunburned neck by the following ef- 

 fective bleach: 



HONEY CREAM FOR .SUNBURNED NECKS. 



Take an ounce of strained honey 

 and stir in four teaspoonfuls of lemon 

 juice. Beat up the white of an egg 

 until it is fluffy, stir in your honey 

 and lemon, then add enough barley 

 meal to make a thin paste. Apply 

 this thickly to the neck at night and 

 wrap a loose cheesecloth bandage 

 about it. Repeat this nightly until 

 the texture of your skin is like velvet 

 and your skin of snowy whitness. — 

 Chicago Record-Herald. 



Helps for a Beginner 



Up to three months ago, when I 

 purchased a colony of bees, I had 

 never seen a real bee-hive with bees 

 in it. Bees are doing nicely. I cer- 

 tainly had a time finding the queen 

 but was finally successful and clipped 

 her wings. 



Please answer these questions: 



1. Of what use is the thick board 

 in the center of the hive body? 



2. I haven't an extractor, how can 

 I separate the honey from the combs 

 without one? Please explain this 

 fully. 



3. The bees have stored no honey 

 in the super, yet in the hive they have 

 built comb on the different frames 

 and have run three of them together. 

 What must be done to reuiedy this? 



4. When taking the honey, is the 

 super honey all that is taken or is 

 the clear honey without brood taken 

 also from the hive-body? 



5. In searching for the queen I 

 took all the frames out, brood-frames 

 included and had them out fully 

 thirty minutes. Was this injurious 

 to the brood? LOUISIANA. 



ANSWERS. 



1. It Is the dummy or division 

 board, but it is not placed in the 

 center of the hive unless one wishes 

 to contract the brood chamber (as 

 in the case of a weak colony or a nu- 

 cleus) but at one side of the hive, 

 and removed first in order to leave 

 room to easily remove tbe. frames. 



2. Cut the comb containing honey 

 into a stone jar, place the jar in a 

 pan of boiling water, and set on the 

 back of the stove, where it will not 

 get over-heated, as that will spoil 

 the flavor of the honey. When it is 

 thoroughly melted remove from the 

 stove. Wax will rise to the top of the 

 jar, and form in a solid cake, which 

 is easily removed, leaving the honey 

 in nice shape. Or if you prefer, you 

 can mash or cut the combs of honey 



