HOW TO QUIET AND HANDLE BEES 



back in place for two or three minutes to give 

 the bees time in which to fill up. I have fre- 

 quently seen beekeepers who ought to have 

 known better send a whiff of smoke in at the 

 entrance, and, jerking the lid from the hive, 

 send great volumes of smoke down over the 

 frames and drive a horde of angry bees out of 

 the hive in the proper frame of mind to sting 

 most viciously. Had they sent just a puff or 

 two of smoke in at the entrance and then a 

 little under the lid and waited a minute or so, 

 every bee would have been subdued and no 

 stinging would have resulted. There are cer- 

 tain times in the season, when honey is coming 

 in rapidly, when no smoke at all is necessary, 

 and in such a case it is foolish to use it, as too 

 much of it means a consumption of honey. 



Lifting our lid we now find the bees as quiet 

 as can be, and, supposing we want to find the 

 queen, we with the aid of the hive tool pry 

 apart a frame, for in all likelihood the frames 

 are more or less glued together with propolis. 



Using the hook end of the tool, we lift a 

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