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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



July, 1918 



Instead of the straining tank, a barrel may be used as described on the preceding page. 



while uncapping. Tlie bottom of the box 

 is covered with heavy screen, and supported 

 from the shallow galvanized-iron tray by 



Putting in the bee-escape board. 



half-inch cleats nailed on lengthwise of the 

 box. The box and tray are placed on a box 

 at the requisite height for easy uncapping, 

 the outlet end of the tray being somewhat 

 lower than the opposite end, and just above 

 the receptacle into which the honey from 

 the cappings is to drain. 



Removing the Honey From the Hives. 



By far the best way of removing the bees 

 from the supers is to place under the super, 

 during the middle of the day, a bee-escape 

 board, placing it with the rim up. In the 

 hole of the escape board the bee-escape 

 should be so placed that the bees may pass 

 down into the brood-chamber, but cannot 

 return. By the next morning the super will 

 be freed of bees and may be removed with- 

 out the danger of a single sting. If no 

 crack or crevice large enough for the admis- 

 sion of a bee is left at the corners of the 

 super or between the super and the cover 

 or bee-escape board, there will be absolutely 

 no chance for robbing to get started. In 

 rare instances an escape may become clog- 

 ged with the body of a dead bee or the 

 queen may have been accidentally left 

 above. In either of these cases bees will 

 still remain in the super. To remove these, 

 give a puff or two of smoke at the entrance 

 and then gently loosen the cover and blow 

 a number of good blasts of smoke down thru 

 the super, driving most of the bees below. 

 Next remove the combs one at a time, hold- 

 ing each by the top bar and giving a sudden 



