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THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 



November, 



the Cog-sishall flip-flap method is vised; load up before bees have ceased fly. 



see illustration. The super is then \n<^ care is exercised to l^eep all honey 



jerlced off. Some bees are still adher- covered up , with escape-boards— that 



ins- to tlie honey, many of which can which is on the wagon as well as that 



lie shaken out by giving tlie super a to be loaded, 



few shakes. By following thi.s method the bees 



Five or six supers are enough to l>e in the yard remain quiet and peaceful, 



piled up on one stack. li, thus removing the last honev from 



Always keep eveiy stack covered one of my outyard-s of 60 hives in 



with an escai.e-board, as previously September. I received oolv one 



mentioned. However, it is not enough sinale stins. I used no mittens (a 



to cover witli such an escape. Rob- thins I never do) but had mv face 



bers have a way of holding up the es- protected by a light veil mo-st of the 



caping bees and forcing them to give time, 



up what honey they have in their Naples, N. Y. Oct. 2. 1905. 



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MR. GREINER DRIVING DOWN THE BEES. 



Iioney-sacs. To prevent this .sort of 

 robbeiy, place a shallow box covered 

 with wire .screen over the escape- 

 board. I use the -screen-board.s other- 

 wise used to close in bees when mov- 

 ing during warm weather. Occasion- 

 ly tJiis .screen-board is lifted up and 

 turned over to liberate the bees which 

 were on the honey and have accumu- 

 lated over the escape in the space be- 

 tween the latter and the screen-boai-d. 

 In this manner the supers are freed 

 from all bees in a very short time and 

 are ready to be loaded on the wagon. 

 If it is necessary or desirable to 



HONEY THIEVES. 



And the Penalty Administered in 

 Haiti. 



By J. R. McKenzie- 



AA Y FRIEND, E. M., tells the fol- 

 ^ lowing story: 



He had just overcome the difficulties 

 incident to starting an apiary by an 

 inexperienced hand, and was congrat- 

 ulating himself on being able at last 

 to say, "My 25 colonies of Italians 

 are now in good form," when he dis- 

 covered one bright and early morning 

 that some one had been into the 



