BEE BUSINESS 63 



as not to jar the hive more than is neces- 

 sary and blow a little smoke over the tops 

 of the frame. At this the bees will usually 

 buzz actively but in a not unfriendly way. 

 By experience the beekeeper will learn 

 something of the various notes of the bee 

 and can detect a decided difference be- 

 tween the noise they make when they are 

 angry and when they are not. 



Watch the hive closely while working 

 with the brood chamber and if you notice 

 the bees collect in the spaces between the 

 top bars in solid rows and each bee with 

 his head pointed outward you may know 

 that it is time to give them a little more 

 smoke. If they begin to fly about you 

 with a high keyed note you should give 

 them still more smoke but never smoke a 

 colony of bees that is quiet and that ap- 

 pears to be going ahead with its work in 

 a peaceful way. Occasionally a single in- 

 dividual will become so aroused that noth- 

 ing short of sudden death will satisfy it. 

 Such a bee will fly around your head and 



