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THE BEE-KEEPERo REVIEW 



The Carniolans Should Be Good Mountains Climbers. 



( Com tt'iy, Royal-Iiiipt'i ial Agi . Ass' >i.) 



The remedy was easily found. Something- was to be provided 

 in which they could cluster without hanging to the escape board. 

 A super of empty sections is as good as anything else. The pro- 

 gram then was to put it on the brood nest, then the completely 

 empty super, then the escape-board and finally the supers to be 

 cleared on the top. Quite a tower in shape and appearance. 



tboubili: with bubb combs. 



Another trouble, however, soon revealed itself. Frequently 

 there is quite an amount of burr comb between the brood-nest and 

 the first super. In separating themi these combs break and the 

 honey they contain set running, often quite an amount. The result 

 is that the bees in the supers above being too few to take care of it^ 

 and anxious to get out fail to clean it and often quite a number of 

 them get daubed and perish. Those below smelling the honey above 

 make frantic efiforts to force an entrance through the escape and 

 blockade it completely, usually one or two bees finally getting stuck 

 in it. 



All get excited, raise an uproar inside and in front of the hive, 

 and attract the robbers if there is any. The best is to adjust the 

 whole as above described, but leave the escape board out until the 



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