HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



frame from the brood nest with all adhering 

 bees, and as the bees, if Italians, are very 

 quiet, we can take our time in looking for the 

 queen, for she is not hard to find. If she is 

 not on the first frame, place it end up on the 

 grass, letting it rest against the side of the hive 

 while we remove another and look for her on it. 



It may take a little more time to be careful 

 so as not to mash any bees, and incidentally 

 we might say that careless and too rapid 

 handling not only mashes worker bees but 

 often results in crushing a valuable queen; 

 but in the end carefulness pays, as it makes 

 the bees more gentle, and the next time we 

 open their hives they seem to know that we 

 mean them no harm. 



One day I was examining a colony to find 

 its queen in such a hurry that I mashed a 

 number of bees, with the result that the 

 colony was thrown into an uproar, and for 

 days afterward every time I passed the hive 

 the bees would rush out to sting me, while 

 usually it was the gentlest colony in the yard. 



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