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HEADS OF GRAINn Q ™ ^K rDIFFERENT FIELDS 



entrances are placed very near each other, 

 then when the bees find it impossible to re- 

 turn to their old home, they will readily en- 

 ter the new one. The queen and few re- 

 maining bees in the wall may be killed by 

 putting sulphur in the smoker and blowing 

 the fumes of it into the opening. It might 

 l>e jiossible to obtain the queen with the 

 ))ees, if it were possible to blow smoke onto 

 the combs from the side opposite the en- 

 trance. Unless the combs were removed 

 from the wall, the only way you could be 

 certain of getting the queen would be to 

 wait until they swarm and then hive the 

 swarm. In this case you would have the old 

 colony still in the wall unless they too were 

 sulphured as above suggested. If it is de- 

 sired to place the colony in a different part 

 of the yard, it should be moved a short dis- 

 tance several successive times — perhaps 

 moving but a foot the first day and then 

 later gradually increasing the distances. If 

 moved too far at one time, the bees will be 

 unable to find their hive. 



Uniting, and the In regard to your ar- 



Disappearing tide, page 829, on unit- 



Disease, ing weak colonies in 



the autumn, I will say 

 that, if one of the queens is removed three 

 days before the colonies are united, you 

 need not cage the remaining queen nor use 

 paper between the hives. Simply place the 

 (|ueenless hive under the other, and the work 

 will be done. Or, smoke both colonies, re- 

 move all the combs but four or five of the 

 heaviest ones from each hive, and carry 

 the queenless bees and combs to the queen- 

 right one, alternating the combs and bees. 

 Do this in the evening, and all will be well 

 in tlie morning, with no retiring bees. 



We had our second installment of the dis- 

 appearing disease this last summer, reducing 

 the surplus honey to about 15 lbs. per colo- 

 ny. Mildew on the flowers, induced by the 

 wet weather, seems to be the cause of the 

 disease — at least dry weather soon effected 

 a change in the death-rate. 



North Toronto, Can F. P. CLAEE. 



THE BACK LOT BUZZER. 

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