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THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



life, as is a clipped queen; I think if all 

 queens were marked, we would find 

 about as many missing that were not clip- 

 ped. 



HOW TO CI.IP. 



I don't think I ever lost a single queen 

 as the result of clipping, and I have done 

 some pretty bungling work. I once cut 

 the hind foot from a valuable queen, and 

 she afterwards did excellent service for 

 three seasons. 



I will give my method of clipping. 

 This should be done at a time when the 

 bees are gathering a little honey — during 

 fruit bloom is the time with us here. 

 The bees should be handled without 



smoke, if possible. When the queen is 

 found she should be taken by the wings 

 with the thumb and finger of the right 

 hand; pass her to the left hand; let her 

 grasp the end of the second finger of the 

 left hand with her feet; close the thumb 

 and fore finger gently against her body, 

 letting the abdomen hang down from the 

 second finger, clip the wing on one side, 

 slantingly, lengthwise, taking only the 

 lace. Do not cut the bone. Place her 

 on the top-bar, and let her go. If it is 

 done rightly, there should be no loss of 

 queens. 



Wakem.\n, Ohio, Dec. 3, 1901. 



ARTIFICIAL, OR FORGED SWARMING. 



BY J. S. CALLBREATH. 



Some of the Reasons why it is not Advisable to set the 

 Old Brood Nest on top of the Sections. 



From the fine gold I se 



FRIEND Hutchinson: On page 8r of 

 the March Review you ask for arti- 

 cles from "those who have had experi- 

 ence in managing the old hive after the 

 queen and most of the bees had been 

 shaken from it." 



HONEY NEEDED IN THE SECTIONS GOES 

 INTO THE BROOD NEST. 

 Where one wishes to produce comb 

 honey, there are three good reasons why 

 the old hive should not be placed on top 

 of the sections which are put over the 

 shaken swarm. First, as the voung bees 

 emerge in the old hive the cells will be 

 filled with honey that otherwise would 

 go into the sections. 



OLD BROOD COMBS DISCOI,OR SECTIONS. 



Second, the cappings of the sections 

 will be very much discolored. It is bad 

 enough in that respect to have old combs 

 below the sections, hut/ar worse to have 

 them above. 



parate the alloj' — dryden. 



OLD HIVE OVER SECTIONS CAUSES EXTRA 

 » WORK IN BEING LIFTED OFF 

 AND ON. 



Third, it would be 21 and 24 days, 

 respectively, before the worker and 

 drone brood would be all out. During 

 that time, as it comes in the height of 

 the honey season, at least it would here, 

 it would be necessary to look at the sec- 

 tions at least once, may be twice, adding 

 another super when needed. Lifting the 

 old hive off, and then back on again, 

 every time it is necessary to examine the 

 sections, is a needless waste of strength; 

 and is the worst as it comes just when 

 the bee-keeper is busiest and needs to 

 make every move count. 



Of course, setting the old hive near the 

 shaken swarm would require an extra 

 bottom board and cover, but thev can be 

 made up and painted before the busy 

 season comes. 



