GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



Junk, 1917 



FROM THE FIELD OF EXPERIENCE 



to drop to the hive in theii- flight and enter. 

 We often do this where they alight on the 

 main part of a branch that can not be 

 handled like a small one that can be shaken 

 into a basket. 



Before bees can be indnced to enter a hive 

 from a distant lodging-place it is necessary 



to get the bulk of them at the entrance ; and. 

 if the queen happens to be there, all the 

 better. Bees can just as easily locate part 

 of their cluster in front of a hive from a 

 distance as they can in any other location. 



I no longer divide large swarms that have 

 gone together, for the secret of success in 



Some of D. J. Blochei-'s comb-hnney liives at the close of the season. No. 13 .swaiuad Jum; J i 

 and was hived in a 10-frame hive. No. 3 swarmed June 30, also hived in a 10-frame hive. No. 4 did 

 not swarm. Nos. 5 and 6 were shaken into 8-frame hives on June 15. 



