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the smoker with one hand, and space the 

 combs with the hand that holds the brush. 

 The brush should be used with short, 

 vibratory strokes that sweep the bees 

 down in as gentle a manner as possible; 

 at the same time keeping the ends of the 

 super brushed or smoked free from bees. 

 Turn or twist the brush just enough so 

 that it will fill the space, thereby cleaning 

 the sides of the two adjacent combs at 

 the same time. Also endeavor to brush 

 the bees towards the center of the hive, 

 rather than towards the ends. 



This is the quickest method of freeing 

 a super of bees that I have ever tried. 

 Notice that two comb surfaces are 

 brushed at the same time; also that no 

 time is wasted in removing the combs 

 from the super and returning them. 

 There is no extra super that must be 

 kept covered up to keep out robbers, 

 in fact, robbers stand no show whatever. 

 One can work all day during a dearth of 

 honey, and not one robber can steal a 

 load. With bee escapes, bees sometimes 

 give trouble by getting in through cracks, 

 but no such accident can happen with 

 this method. Another most important 



advantage is that the honey comes off 

 the hive warm, and may be extracted 

 immediately. Still further, the bees are 

 not irritated and enraged as they are 

 when brushed into the air. 



In conclusion I will say that while I 

 have used this plan only one season, I 

 have tested it in every possible phase; 

 not only in clearing supers of honey, all 

 through the season, but in brushing bees 

 from combs of brood in all stages into 

 an empty hive. The bees simply must 

 get off the combs; and they don't waste 

 any time when there is a brush following 

 them up that distributes a decidedly 

 smoky atmosphere. Those who have 

 occasion to treat foul brood by shaking, 

 will find this plan invaluable. No bees 

 are shaken outside the hive; and, by 

 hurrying matters along they can be 

 driven off the combs before they have 

 time to fill up on honey. In this case it 

 will be necessary, of course, to feed; and 

 this will go a long ways towards satis- 

 fying them with their new home. This 

 plan also works well in uniting bees. 



Hebron, Ind.. April 7. 1910. 



Getting Rid of Foul] Brood With>o Shaking 

 Of Combs nor Loss of Honey. 



IRA D 



(^EVER AL 

 is years ago, 

 before I had 

 heard of the 

 Baldridge plan, 

 I freed 100 col- 

 onies of foul 

 brood by a pro- 

 cess that, 1 n 

 some respects, 

 resembles the 

 Baldridge meth- 

 od. There is no shaking nor exposure 

 of combs, and a good crop of extracted 



BARTLETT. 



honey may be secured with no danger 

 from swarming. Here is the plan thatj 

 followed. 



I took as many hive bodies as I had 

 colonies in the yard, as I treated every 

 colony regardless of whether it was 

 diseased or not, and placed nine frames 

 of foundation, and 'one drawn comb, in 

 each of these hive bodies, the combs 

 being placed in the center, and set one 

 of these hive bodies, thus prepared, 

 under each colony in the apiary, putting 

 a queen excluding honey board between 

 the new hive body and ^the brood ^nest 



