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THE AMERICAN APICULTURIST. 



night, and the next day I got another 

 box ready and sent for my friend to 

 come and see me hive them, for I thought 

 if I am going into the business I must 

 learn to do everything. I put a lot of 

 mosquito bar around my hat and let it 

 hang down to my waist, and drew over 

 my hands a pair of socks. Then with 

 the new box on a table and all things 

 ready, and my friend close by to give 

 orders (though he had no protection 

 whatever), I gently picked up the box 

 and carried it to the table. Holding it 

 over the table I gave it a downward 

 motion and a sudden stop, which brought 

 the bees in a nice pile on the table, in 

 front of the new box. All right so far ; 

 but here came a terrible mishap — the 

 socks so impeded my grasp on the box 

 that it slipped and fell on the pile of 

 bees, and of course this set them in a 

 rage (those that were not killed), so my 

 friend had to vacate, but I stood my 

 ground and with a stick gently started 

 ■ them into the new hive, but I discovered 

 to my dismay that my mosquito netting 

 did not protect, for the bees by hun- 

 dreds were lighting on me and crawling 

 up under it, and in a minute they were 

 all over my face ; but they had not stung 

 me yet, so I would not disgrace myself 

 by running away, but suddenly one en- 

 terprising bee undertook to force an en- 

 trance into my ear. This was more than 

 human nature could stand, and I gave 

 him a swipe that pulverized him and 

 made tracks for the woods. — Novice. 



WORKING FOR COMB AND EX- 

 TRACTED HONEY. 



COMB HOXEY. 



However great may be the demands 

 for extracted honey, and wliatever fa- 

 vor it may gain among our apiarists, 

 comb honey will always be in demand, 

 commanding a price far above that of ex- 

 tracted honey. The beautiful comb- 

 honey in one-pound sections will al- 

 ways attract buyers and command the 

 highest price. 



To secure a large crop of honey we 

 must have our colonies strong in num- 



bers by the time the honey harvest be- 

 gins. The brood combs should be filled \ 

 with brood and the hive overflowing .;: 

 with bees. To get them in this condi- ^ 

 tion we should begin feeding a little ' 

 daily about the time the first pollen ; 

 comes in, or if they have plenty of \ 

 sealed stores we can accomplish the i 

 same result by uncapping some honey j 

 every few days. You will next want to _ j 

 know how to get th^ honey. The first ' 

 thing will be to have good strong colo- , 

 nies of bees ; to get this, brood rearing ■; 

 in the spring should not he allowed to | 

 meet with any drawback for want of 

 stores or feed. : 



TO GET THE BEES STARTED IN THE SEC- , 



TIOXS. ', 



Having your sections all ready before . \ 

 the honey flow begins, with good straight 



structure of comb foundation fastened \ 



into them, which is very quickly done 1 



with a Parker found ition fastener or J 



any of the section presses now in use, ' 



or if you have no such machine you can j 



do very good work with a common ta- ' 



ble knife. Lay the edge of the strip of \ 



foundation in the middle of the top \ 



part of the section. You can then i 



with the point of a stiff knife press the ; 



edge of the comb so firmly against the , 



wood that the wax will adiiere. To do \ 



this, however, you must choose a warm ] 



day, for if it is too cool the wax, will j 



not work. To get the bees started to 1 



work it is best to put in some sections ■ 

 with some comb in them, if we have 



any unfinished sections left over from \ 



the previous season, which all beekeep- '\ 



ers do have ; these are very enticing to j 



the bees and will not fail to start them j 



at work, especially if the honey flow is \ 



good and the bees are strong in nuni- | 



bers. Success to the American Apicult- | 



urist is my best wishes. | 

 Sang Run, Garret Co., Md. 



M. H. De Witt. ' 



I can now furnish warranted Punic 

 queens that will be purely mated. 



H. Alley. 



