1905. 



THE AMERICAN BEE-KEErER. 



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Then the proper thing to do was tO' kill 

 the young queen and introduce a lay- 

 ing one. The queen removed might be 

 kept caged in. some other hive while 

 the young queen was being reared, but 

 caging her in her own colony would 

 do no good, as the bees wotild swarm 

 out just the same. 



I find that the Italians will stick to 

 their home, even a small swarm. They 

 seemed to me to say they would die 

 in the last ditch before taey would de- 

 sert their babies and their hiomes. 

 They *eem to have confidence in them- 



my Dianipulations of the hive, I have 

 for years discarded the use of bee 

 veil or covering for my hands. But I 

 would not advise the inexperienced to 

 take needless risks. Provide yourself 

 with a good veil and good smoker. 

 When forage is abundant, black bees 

 work all right, but should there be a 

 scarcity, blacks will remain idle, while 

 Italians will make their living and 

 even make some gain. I simply speak 

 my own experience. I may or may not 

 agree with others. 





Mr. W. J. Davis in the Apiary. 



'Ives and of their ability to make a 

 ving if oiitside condtions v/ould but 

 H-mit. I find the Italians are death 

 ' the wax moths. I can keep empty 

 )mbs which are not in use as long 

 ' I please in my home yard, and the 

 ist summer I saw but one moth mil- 

 y (which I dispatched at sight.) It is 

 ually but little trouble to find an 

 alian queen in a populou.s colony, 

 ring to their beautiful appearance 

 id their stately, majestic movements, 

 so the gentleness of the workers, 

 lich usually remain quiet on the 

 rabs while being handled, and in all 



A Home Apiary. 

 About 20 years ago I established 

 one seven miles from my home. Two 

 railroads between the points afforded 

 a read}^ means of frequent visits. I 

 built a house 12x16 feet to accommo- 

 date .32 colonies. It was^ sided with 

 one-inch V siding; floor and ceiling 

 were matched flooring, a window in 

 south end and door in north end. Fly 

 holes were cut through siding and 

 alighting boards screwed on the out- 

 side, and the hives set on inside to cor- 

 respond with fly holes. Hives were 

 unpainted but bee-house well painted. 



