72 BEEKEEPING 



After carefully fitting the combs into 

 the frames the hunter should take ordi- 

 nary cotton string and wrap it round and 

 round the frame in such a way as to hold 

 the comb firmly in place. As soon as a 

 frame is filled it should be placed in the 

 hive body and the whole job should be 

 done as quickly as possible without hur- 

 rying. It never pays to "hurry" any bee 

 work. The little fellows quickly learn 

 that the operator is hurrying and ner- 

 vous and they in turn become even more 

 nervous than the worker and thus a 

 "vicious circle" is formed that sometimes 

 results in the beekeeper suffering a very 

 sudden desire to go away from that par- 

 ticular place and seek other employment. 



While this work is being done the bees 

 will, of course, be flying around and crawl- 

 ing over the combs in a more or less excited 

 fashion, but it is rather remarkable that 

 if they are carefully handled they show 

 comparatively little inclination to sting 

 under such circumstances. 



