THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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one of them crossed, with a tight pulley 

 between two loose ones, is old, but it is 

 new to me, and strikes me as very simple. 

 yet most ingenious. When the belts aie 

 running on the loose pulleys, one belt on 

 one loose pulley, and the other on the 

 other, there is no transmission of power. 

 Run one belt upon the center pulley, and 

 the machine at once starts into motion. 



Run this belt back upon the loose pulley, 

 and run the other belt upon the tight 

 pulley, and the machine immediately runs 

 in the opposite direction. 



Mr. Miller also brings up one important 

 point that 1 have often thought of, but 

 never seen it mentioned in print, viz., the 

 consideration of the pleasurable side of 

 work. It is worth considering — Editor.] 



Helpful Hints in Extensive 

 Bee-Keeping-. 



E. D. TOWNSEND. 



T AST spring our bees here at Remus 

 -Q that were wintered in clamps (buried) 

 were taken out of their winter quarters the 

 last week of March. We begin digging 

 them out as soon as the frost is out of the 

 ground. We have left them in their 

 winter quarters as late as April 15th, 

 but have had rather better results when 

 they were taken out as soon as the frost 

 is out of the ground. The pits have no 

 ventilation, and when the bees are re- 

 moved, the hives and combs are quite 

 damp and mouldy. As the pits have no 

 roof over them, the spring rains seem 

 to make matters worse. Then, we think 

 the bees need all of April and May to 

 breed up. and get into condition for the 

 early June honey flow. 



HOW TO REMOVE BEES FROM A CLAMP WITH 

 NO ANNOYANCE FROM FLYING BEES. 



As soon as the time arrives to set them 

 on their summer stands, and we get such 

 a spell of weather that we think the next 

 day will be suiiarle for the bees to fly, 

 we go to a yard witn shovels and fork, 

 and throw the dirt off from all the pits 

 in this yard, except an inch or two. or 

 encugh so that the bees can't get out and 

 fly from the pit. Wait until just at 

 night, when it is so late the bees can't 



fly, then go and carefully remove the 

 balance of the sand and straw. Leave 

 the bees alone until morning, when they 

 will bo all nicely •-■•iistered in their hives, 

 and can be set on their summer stands 

 without hardly a single bee flying. Before 

 adopting this plan, we used to dig them 

 out. and then set them directly upon their 

 stands. This is the first '.'-r-.e the bee= ^''ave 

 seen daylight, or had a wnili of fresh air, in 

 months, and by the time we .-'^uid get 

 them set down on their permanent stands 

 they would be ready to fly; and the only 

 time we ever had any mixing up, or drift- 

 ing from one side of the yard, uniting 

 with those on the other side, leaving the 

 colonies on one side of the yard almost 

 depleted of bees, was when they were 

 handled this last mentioned way. 



WHAT TO DO IF THE BEES MIX UP. 



If one should get into a mix up like this, 

 the only alternative is to do a little hustl- 

 ing in changing places with the colonies 

 that are getting the n-osfc bees, and those 

 that are getting the least. '■: '"\\s v>.'av 

 something may be done to t ur. Lh>^ 

 flying force of the yard. Whfjii y.-' Pr:'. 

 through, you will probably conclude rhriT. 

 you have done a pretty poor job; arid 



