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VOL. XXVII NORTHSTAR, MICHIGAN, SEPTEMBER 1, 1914 No. 9 



Management of Three Thousand Colonies in Fifty 



Different Yards 



By J. J. AVILD ER, Cordele, Ga. 



In a few days after I reached 

 Cordele after my last visit to my 

 bee business in the new field, the 

 apiarist who was to take charge of 

 the bees in this field came and I 

 gave him a drill in the actual work 

 I expected him to do. The first was 

 that of setting up all the necessary 

 supplies and as soon as he thorough- 

 ly understood our way of doing this 

 he was carried to the apiary where 

 a number of colonies were to be 

 transfered, for this was the next 

 work he had to do. He was made 

 familiar with our way of transfer- 

 ring and our plan of immediate 

 transfer was shown over and over 

 again until he was familiar with it. 

 We have illustrated this operation 

 by "snap shots" which give a bet- 

 ter idea than mere words. It will 



be seen that this is done out in 

 the open. The comb and honey is 

 placed on the boards and set at 

 the edge of the bee yard where the 

 bees remove the honey, then the 

 comb is rendered into wax. I give 

 this plan especially for the benefit 

 of the southern readers because 

 here thousands of swarms of bees 

 are transferred into modern hives 

 each year and will be for years to 

 come. 



After this he was instructed in 

 all the necessary work, the task 

 was all clear in his mind, and he 

 was anxious and ready to go to 

 work. He was to transfer but a 

 few colonies in a yard at one time 

 and thus make his rounds until 

 all were transferred. This done, he 

 was to give the bees a good en- 



