g(m DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



necessary amount of brood, and obliging the bees to put the surplus honey in 

 the sections or upper stories. 



When referring to the Langstroth hive, reference is usually had to the size 

 ^f frame, as it is immaterial what the external appearance of the hive may be, 

 that being left to the taste or fancy of the bee-keeper. 



Before commencing any operation with bees, it will generally be better to 

 be provided with a bee-vail and a smoker, and if you don't want to be stung at 

 all, get a pair of rubber gloves. The vail can be bought ready made for about 

 fifty cents, or it can be made from bobinett. Brussel's net is much better but 

 tnore expensive. Get 1% yds., that is about f of a yard wide. Sew the ends 

 together and hem one edge, and put a rubber cord in the hem of such length as 

 Vvill hold the vail close around the crown of the hat you wear, or use a hat as a 

 bee-hat, and sew the vail, without the cord or hemming, to the edge of the rim. 

 A. smoker may be had for from 50 cents to $2.00, in which rotton wood or cot- 

 ton rags may be burned. The rubber gloves will cost from $1.75 to $2.00. 



HOW TO PROCURE THE FIRST COLONIES, ETC. 



12 not already supplied with bees, it will be best to get them as near home 

 as possible. 



Italians are undoubtedly the best, and our motto demands that only strong 

 colonies be purchased, and if purchased in the fall not more than two-thirds as 

 much should be paid for them as they would be worth in the spring. 



Prepare a place on the ground for the hives, and if it is where the hens will 

 not scratch, remove the grass and cover so thickly with sawdust where the hives 

 are to set, and for several inches beyond on all sides, that neither grass nor 

 Weeds will grow through it. Place the hives six or more feet apart each way, 

 end have them face south or east. The reason for placing them so far apart 

 will be given under the head of swarming. Put a stick two inches square and 

 as long as the hive is wide under the front end of the hive, and a like piece, 

 Under the back end. 



If the bees are not in the kind of hive that it is intended to be used, they may 

 be readily transferred in either of the following ways. 



TRANSFERRING. 



The best time for this method is early in the season, when there is but little 

 honey and brood in the hive, and always on a warm day. If possible, when the 

 bees are busily engaged in gathering honey. "When fruit trees are in bloom is 

 as good a time as any, although I have transferred in October with splendid 

 success, but don't aitempt it late in the season unless you understand the 



Before commencing this operation, as many hives should be provided as 

 there are colonies to be transferred. Gret everything ready that may be needed. 

 If the colony is in a box hive, the following will be needed: A hand-saw, a 

 hammer, a chisel to cut nails, a sharp, thin knife (a pointed shoe or case knife 



