AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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open-hauded act of insanity. At the 

 same time I knew if I should get her 

 killed, the effect of it would send me to 

 the lunatic asylum. 



Under these distressing circumstances 

 I put to work my inventive genius, and 

 the result was, that after losing a week's 

 sleep over the matter, I struck the fol- 

 lowing plan, which was a decided suc- 

 cess : 



At that time my apiary consisted of 

 one log gum with a knot-hole for an en- 

 trance. I split the hive open and killed 

 the black queen, and removed the combs 

 to a place where the bees could not And 

 any of it. This proceeding left the bees 

 hopelessly queenless, so far as they 

 knew. I fastened the cage containing 

 the Italian queen to a branch of a tree, 

 and just let 'em sail around in the air 

 until they began to cluster on the cage, 

 and then I released the queen, and she 

 was all right in an hour or so. I fast- 

 ened the combs in another log gum, and 

 let the bees run in with the fine queen, 

 and all worked lovely. 



When I have an extra fine queen to 

 introduce, the above is the way I do it. 

 This is an infallible method, if there are 

 no other bees near the hive you are 

 manipulating. C. B. Bankston. 



Chriesman, Texas. 



Hoiv to Gel Bees to Work in 

 the Sections. 



Query 899.— Can you give a simple but 

 effective way to get bees to work in the sec- 

 tions? I had some very strong colonies, but 

 they seemed determined to put all their 

 honey in the brood-ciiamber. — Novice. 



Put in either starters or full sheets of 

 foundation. — Mks. L. Harrison. 



Have a full brood-chamber, and if 

 necessary contract. — A. J. Cook. 



I have never needed anything more 

 than a bait section. — C. C. Miller. 



Contract the brood-chamber until 

 there is no room to put honey in it. — A. 

 B. Mason. 



Yes, if the sections are properly ad- 

 justed. Make the flowers "give down." 

 — Eugene Secor. 



Use "bait" sections, and contract the 

 brood-chamber to suit the prolificness of 

 the queen. — G. M. Doolittle. 



Reduce the number of frames in the 

 brood-chamber so that there will be no 

 room for honey. — P. H. Elvfood. 



Put in partly-filled combs from some 

 colony that has begun already to store 

 in the sections. — J. H. Larrabee. 



A few partly-filled sections make a 

 good bait, but even then they generally 

 fill everything below first. — Mrs. J. N. 

 Heater. 



A few partially-filled sections placed 

 in the center of the empty ones will 

 usually put the bees to work. — J. M. 

 Hambaugh. 



A change of queen is one good way. I 

 have been successful by using partly- 

 filled sections in the center of the super. 

 — H. D. Cutting. 



Put sections — a few — into the brood- 

 nest, and when the bees begin work in 

 them move them up into the section- 

 case, bees and all. — M. Mahin. 



There is no trouble to get them to 

 work if starters or full sheets of founda- 

 tion are used ; providing the colony is 

 strong enough, and honey is to be had. 

 — S. I. Freeborn. 



I never had any trouble of that kind. 

 I use 8-frame hives, and sections with 

 foundation in them, and have no trouble 

 about getting bees to work in the supers. 

 — Emerson T. Abbott. 



Bait them by a little piece of comb. 

 If your super is tainted, wash it with a 

 solution of peppermint and water. Of 

 course you use foundation, and keep it 

 where mice and other " varmin " cannot 

 get at it. — Will M. Barnum. 



I am not a comb-honey man, but I 

 could get the bees to work in the sec- 

 tions. Fill the center section with 

 young brood — the bees will work around 

 the brood, but would be likely to put 

 pollen in the first section on both sides 

 of the brood. — E. France. 



Yes, a good honey-flow, a strong col- 

 ony, and sufficient space to get into the 

 sections. If the upper parts of the 

 brood-combs are already sealed solid 

 with honey, uncapping it will help 

 greatly. If that does not accomplish it, 

 invert the brood-frames or hives. — C. H. 

 Dibbern. 



Get a few sections that are already 

 under way, and put them, with the ad- 



