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AGRICULTURE 



the bees become restless. Do not use too 

 much smoke, or the bees may lose their 

 placidity and grow irritable. 



A cloth moistened with a carbolic solution 

 of one part Cal vert's carbolic to two parts of 

 water is also used for quietening the bees. 



Smoker 



This is laid over the frames for a minute or 

 so in the place of the calico quilt, and the 

 bees, disliking the smell of carbolic, go down 

 to the lower part of the hive. 



Extreme gentleness and care are necessary 

 in handling bees, and the work should be 

 done with steadiness and determination, so 

 as to give the bees the impression that the 

 operator is a Nemesis against which resistance 

 is useless. 



