May, 1921 



G T. E A N I N G S IN BEE C U I. T U R E 



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the evening when flying has almost ceased 

 for the day, remove all supers, brushing 

 and driving the bees down into the brood- 

 chamber. Cover the hive and while scat- 

 tered bees are getting in at the entrance 

 take the supers inside the honey-house; or, 

 if at an outyard, close them securely from 

 robbers on the truck. When all are in, close 

 the entrance tightly and raise the cover 

 enough to pour a cupful of gasoline evenly 

 all over the top-bars. Replace the cover 

 as tightly as possible, listen for the roar of 

 the bees to subside, and as soon as all is 



quiet, carry the hive to where a grave has 

 been previously prepared, brush the bees 

 into it, and bury them deeply. Eender all 

 super combs as well as those from the 

 brood-chamber into wax, taking all neces- 

 sary precautions to prevent the spread of 

 infection. I am glad I do not have to de- 

 cide for the beekeeper who has a large per- 

 centage of infected colonies; but where we 

 have so few cases and there is so much at 

 stake we would not consider any less dras- 

 tic treatment. 



Georgetown, Ont. 



WORTH A LOT TO KNOW IT 



How to Ship Bees from South to 



North; Some Other Tricks Worth 



Kno'wing 



By E. R. Root 



WE h a V e 

 heard a 

 good deal 

 about beekeep- 

 ers going from 

 the North to the 

 South for pas- 

 tures new; but 

 I ' am going to 

 tell you about a 



beekeeper, who, altho his life has been spent 

 in Texas, yet went north and made good. 

 I refer to B. M. Caraway, formerly of 

 Mathis, Texas, and now of Riverton, Wyom- 

 ing. 



It will be remembered that, while in the 

 South, he was an extensive breeder of 

 queens and bees. He also did a large busi- 

 ness in shipping bees in package form to 

 the northern States. He made a fine record, 

 and one would think that he would stay 

 where he was. But having a curiosity to 

 know what the beekeepers of Wyoming 

 were doing with so many bees thoy bought 



(if him he made 

 a trip there, and 

 was so well 

 l)lcased with the 

 country that he 

 bought out one 

 of his customers 

 and went into 

 the business of 

 honey produc- 

 tion. But before doing so he began buying 

 bees himself from the South in lots of 100 

 pounds to increase his holdings in bees. He 

 has probably bought as many bees in pack- 

 ages as any single beekeeper in the northern 

 States; and the very fact that he was for- 

 merly an extensive shipper of bees in that 

 form himself will make his experience in- 

 valuable. As he has been on both sides of 

 the deal he has learned some things that 

 are worth giving to the public. 



He, among other breeders in the Soutli, 

 discovered that he could send bees on sugar 

 syrup made of one-half water and one-half 



One .shipment of beef made up into rrates of six each, with one crate of two. Each cage has 3 pounds of 

 bees, a can of syrup, half water and half sugar, and a queen caged among the bees. Experience shows tnis 



is better than to have her loose. 



