HIVE, AND HOW TO HANDLE IT 101 



putting the scissors down as we pick up the frame, 

 and put her back as nearly as possible on the spot 

 where we found her. We always use the sharp- 

 pointed embroidery scissors for this delicate opera- 

 tion. 



HOW TO TAKE OFF HONEY IN SUPERS 



Lift the hive cover and quilt with a slight intro- 

 duction of smoke, then lift off completely. Smoke 

 from above for a moment, being very careful not to 

 burn the bees, always remembering that smoke is 

 meant to scare and not to punish. Then loosen the 

 super with a screw-driver if the bees have fastened 

 it down with bee glue, lift it and place it on a bottom- 

 board near at hand. Put on an unfilled super if it 

 is needed and cover the hive. Lift the honey- 

 sections out of the super, brushing off the adhering 

 bees with a bee-brush, so that they will fall on the 

 doorstep of the hive, and place each section as it is 

 cleaned in a basket or box in which it is to be carried 

 to the store-room. This is our usual way of pro- 

 cedure when our apiary is small, and we do this 

 work during spare moments which are not predict- 

 able the night before. However, there is one best 

 way to do this work, and that is to put on a Porter 

 bee-escape the night before the super is to be re- 

 moved. Wise from experience, we advise beginners 

 to study this device and become imbued with a knowl- 

 edge of its workings to the extent of being able to 

 tell which is the upper and which the under side, lest 

 disastrous results ensue and all of the bees escape 



