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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



inunediately for the bees shaken from 

 the combs they contained. In this case, 

 other bees might clean np the honoy, 

 and carry the disease to many colonies, 

 while the swarm afterwards placed in the 

 hive would remain healthy. 



In our methods of treating foul broody 

 colonies, we could not use the hive for 

 the bees removed from infected combs. 

 Our method being to shake off the bees 

 onto starters in new hives, leaving bees 

 enough to care for what healthy brood 

 the old combs contain, tiering up the 

 old hives, three or more high, depend- 

 ing upon the amount of healthy brood 

 they contain; after 21 days, shaking the 

 bees from these hives into clean hives as 

 before. We thus save all the bees possi- 

 ble, but have two or more extra hives 

 which might be infected. 



GETTING RID OF FOUI. BROOD WITHOUT 

 SHAKING OFF THE BEES. 



Another method is to shake bees onto 

 starters the usual way, placing a board 

 similar to those used for the Porter bee- 



escape, rim up, upon the top of the new 

 hive, upon this set the old hive, first 

 having cut a notch in the rim, bee-space 

 in size, directly over the entrance to 

 lower hive. We then take a chanel, 

 made by nailing three pieces of lath to- 

 gether, placing the open side against 

 the front of the hive, so as to make a 

 closed passage wav from the opening 

 above to the top of the entrance of lower 

 hive. The bees from the upper hive will 

 gradually find their way down and out 

 through this opening, and, upon return- 

 ing, enter the lower hive, and no harm 

 will result. Of course, the upper end 

 of this passage way to the upper hive 

 must be closed so no light can enter, and 

 provision made that some warmth from 

 the lower hive shall reach the upoer. 

 This may be secured l)y covering both 

 sides of an opening, in the center of the 

 board, with wire cloth; being careful that 

 the space between the two shall be suffi- 

 cient so that food cannot be passed 

 through by the bees from the upper to 

 the lower hive." 



WHAT MAKES BEES SWARM. 



];V S. D. CHAPMAN. 



Field-Bees are Contented, but the Young Bees are 

 Restless and Stir up the Swarming Fever. 



Restless at home and ever prone to range — drvdkn. 



^ BOUT a year ago I wrote an article 

 -^ J- for the Review, giving my methods 

 of management. I told my wife I thought 

 that article contained about all I knew 

 about the bees; but some who have tried 

 this method of management have had 

 some experiences they cannot explain. 

 As I have had years of experience, and 

 had the sams happenings, time and 

 .again, in my own yards, and have given 

 them careful thought and study, I would 

 like to answer these questions in the Re- 

 view. I will not answer each question 



separatel}', but by carefully reading this 

 article, the querists will find every ques- 

 tion answered. I will not attempt to 

 discuss the whole subject of swarming — 

 only as far as it is necessar}' to answer the 

 questions 



First, we have prime swarms Usually, 

 in 8 or 10 days, about the time the young 

 queens hatch, there will be another 

 swarm issue from the same hive. The 

 latter are called second swarms, and are 

 composed largely of j'ounger bees. 

 With my management I seldom have any 



