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THK BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW. 



spring for going through hives, clipping 

 queens, etc., so as to prevent robbing. 

 Then I find it very handy in the swarm- 

 ing season, to keep swarms from mixing 

 up. If one or more swarms are out, and 

 another starts to issue, I place the tent 

 over the hive and let the swarm go to the 

 top of the tent. If the queen is clipped, 

 I step inside and cage her. After the 

 other swarms are settled I throw open 

 the top and let the bees that are on the 

 outside return home. 



During the last extracting, the tent is 

 used, if no honey is coming in from the 

 fields, so as to save time and excitement 

 in the yard. Whenever the bees are 

 "looking for trouble," if the tent is used 

 they can't find it. 



Thamesford, Ontario, July 23, 1902. 



[In queen rearing, where nuclei must 

 be opened day after day regardless of 

 annoyance from robbers, a tent is a great 

 convenience. I first made one about six 

 feet square, and the same in height. 'It 

 had a door at one corner, and was cover- 

 ed all over with mosquito netting. But 

 it was too large and unwieldy, and offered 

 too great temptations to sportive winds. 

 I had to have a guy rope at each corner, 

 with a stake to drive in the ground, and 

 thus anchor it when I was not using it, 

 or I never knew where to find it when I 

 needed it again. One day there was such 

 a strong gale, in advance of a thunder 



storm, that it picked up Mr. Tent, guy 

 ropes, stakes and all, and smashed it all 

 in a heap against the side of the barn. 

 Then I got one of the A. I. Root Co.'s 

 tents that fold up umbrella fashion, and 

 used that for several years when it was 

 needed. B}' the way, I often used it in 

 the way Mr. Newton mentions, viz. , as a 

 swarm-catcher. If a swarm was on one 

 of the apple tree boughs, or in the air, and 

 another began coming out, I clapped the 

 tent over the hive where the swarm was 

 coming out, and it answered every pur- 

 pose of a swarm-catcher. It showed only 

 too clearly how perfectly a man could be 

 master of the situation if he had enough 

 swarm-catchers scattered about the yard. 

 You will notice a cute little dog mak- 

 ing himself at home in the doorway of 

 the tent. Well, there is a story goes with 

 that dog. "Bobbs," as the dog was call- 

 ed, had quite a choice collection of tricks 

 at his command, and was a close compan- 

 ion and playfellow of Mr. Newton's little 

 four-year-old boy, who couldn't bear to 

 hear a word said against "Bobbs." In 

 talking with the boy I asked him his age. 

 "Four years old." he replied. "But the 

 dog isn't so old as that is he?" I said. 

 He shot me a quick glance that seemed 

 to say " Now you're running on Bobbs," 

 he thought a moment, then reluctantly ad- 

 mitted, "No he isn't, but he used to be 

 older ! " — Ed Review.] 



"SHOOK" SWARMS. 



BY H. R. BOARDMAN. 



They get rid of Swarming, and are as Satisfactory as 

 Natural Swarms in any Locality. 



Art is the child of nature — Longfellow. 



"^^HEN I had several out-apiaries to 

 ii^ care for, and swarming became 

 somewhat of a problem, I found it expedi- 

 ent to force the swarms by shaking the 

 bees out into an empty hive on the old 



at a time when the honej^ flow was good-; 

 and after the queen had commenced lay- 

 ing, follow the swarm with the partly fill- 

 ed sections. 



Swarms treated in this manner can be 

 stand, with only starters in the frames, at trusted, for a time, at least, and it is the 



