1895. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPRE. 



273 



any hindrance. Next go to one of 

 those you took the queen from, blow 

 ing smoke in at the entrance quite 

 freely while uncovering^ tlie hive. 

 Blow a few putfs of smoke around the 

 combs and over them, when the 

 smoker is to be set down, and the 

 front fingers placed between the first 

 two frames near the ends, the large 

 fingers between the second and last 

 frames, while the third and little 

 fingers are placed beyond the third 

 frame. Now close up with the thumbs 

 and all of the fingers, thus lifting the 

 frames and cluster of bees all out of 

 the hive at once, when they are to be 

 carried to the open hive where they 

 are to stay, and set down in it all to- 

 gether, close up to the frames of bees 

 that are in this hive. Go back and 

 get the smoker, and blow smoke 

 enough on the bees to keep them 

 down, when you can arrange the 

 frames, division board and hive, as 

 you like, without very many, if any, 

 bees flying. 



Should a few bees stick to the hive 

 you took the frames out of, bring the 

 hive to the one having the united col- 

 ony in it, and brush them out on top 

 of the frames, as they will be pretty 

 well chilled by this time. In doing 

 this you will have to smoke those in 

 the united colony pretty well, or many 

 will fly at you, for these partly-chill- 

 ed bees will throw their poison out on 

 their stings so that the scent of it will 

 anger the bees of that colony that are 

 in the united hive. 



If you fixed all as it should be when 

 taking the queen away and preparing 

 for uniting, and smoke the bees as I 

 have told, there will be only now and 

 then one that will require this last 



operation, as all will be snugly clus- 

 tered on the combs. 



Close the hive as soon as you have 

 things fixed to suit you, when every- 

 thing is to be removed from the stand 

 of the colony that was united with the 

 other, so that, when the bees come to 

 fly on the first warm day, they will 

 find that all which looks like their old 

 home is gone. Some bees will fly or 

 hover over the old spot where home 

 was, but, not finding it, will return to 

 the united colony, having marked 

 their new location enough on flying 

 out to know where to go, seeing the 

 old home is not found. 



In this way I have never had any 

 quarreling of bees, nor any queens 

 killed, and it is so simple and easy 

 that I like it much the best of any 

 plan of uniting bees in the fall, and 

 here give it in time so that all who 

 wish can take advantage of it. 



Borodino, N. Y. 



(From the American Bee Journal.) 



BRINE METHOD OF OARING FOR 



EMPTY Combs. 



BY J. A. GOLDEN. 



Every once in awhile the question 

 is asked, " How shall we keep the 

 moth-worms out of the combs?' and 

 the answer in general is. " Fume with 

 sulphur," which is always a very un- 

 pleasant task. Therefore, Mr. Editor, 

 I wish to give the beekeepers my 

 method of preserving combs, for all 

 the persons that have ever had brood- 

 combs to take care of know that it re- 

 quires vigilance in the strictest sense, 

 to be successful, and when one finds 

 he has combs that must go into the 

 wax-extractor ; besides, it always 

 ruflles my temper to have a nice brood- 

 comb mutilated by the pesky moth- 



