1903 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER 



77 



think of catnip again! in your business 

 life. When the queens hatcli, the 

 quickest way to introduce them' is by 

 the "dropping" method. That is. first 

 drop them into a saucer of honey, then 

 drop, them down between the frames. 

 The bees will soon cafch (almost like 

 cainip) the spirit and promptly drop 

 them out of the entrance. It's the 

 quickest way to do it, though: and 

 unless your nam'e is Alley, the chances 

 are nine and a half in ten that the 

 queens are more profitable dead than 

 living, anyway; so you have no real 

 cause to grieve. 



The burden of my mind for a year 

 or so has been the length of .time it 

 takes to clip a queen, and I am perfect- 



QUEEN FERTILIZINa ATTACH.'WENTS. 



How from Eighteen to Twenty-four Queens a 



Month May Be Mated from a Three- or 



Four-Frame Nucleus Colony, Each 



Thirty Days. 



• Swarthmore). 



TO THE inside of an ordinary 

 8-frame dovetailed hive attach 

 six Swarthmore fertilizing box- 

 es, three on each side, laid flat against 

 the side-walls of the hive. Provide a 

 3-4-inch flight-hole into each box. two 

 on each side and one at each end of the 

 hive-body. 

 Supply each box with small combs. 



OPEX-TOP BROOD FRAME WITH NURSERY CAGES IN PLACE. 



ing a beautiful little gun for shooting 

 oflf the wings. It's a repeater, self- 

 cocking, side-ejector and uses smoke- 

 less powder. No infringement on 

 Krupp. Winchester. Catling or other 

 rapid-firing arms. Strictly original, 

 and fills a long-felt want. I have figur- 

 ed the time it will save when in use in 

 all the apiaries of this country, but I 

 haven't time to place the figures before 

 my readers just now. 



And doesn't it make me tired to hear 

 people advise young readers who have 

 a hive of bees to move, to move it 

 fifteen inches, or even a foot each day 

 for two weeks; when it could be lifted 

 and carried bodily in two seconds, in- 

 stead of nipping — Oh, catnip, c-a-t-n-i- 



containing honey, pollen, etc., (brood 

 is not imperative) and hang four large 

 brood combs in the space between the 

 boxes. Two of the large combs be- 

 tween the boxes should be the open-top 

 type to receive four Swarthmore nur- 

 sery cages in the usual manner. 



Now set this prepared hive onto an 

 isolated stand, in the open, and run 

 iiWo it a goodly number of bees that 

 have iust been used in securing a batch 

 of cells, making sure that no queen of 

 any kind is with them. 



After the bees are nicely settled in 

 the hive drop a just-hatched virgin 

 queen into each box, or, insert a ripe 

 cell in the top opening of each box by 

 means of Swarthmore shells, if you use 



