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HANDLING BEES. 



cloth, suflSciently large to cover the top of the hive, wring out 

 dry and spread over the hive as soon as the quilt is removed. 

 ' ' You may use the same to drive the bees out of the sec- 

 tions. Keep the bottles well corked for future use. ' ' — (Kev. 

 G. Eaynor, in the British Bee-Journal.) 



The same liquid may be forced among the bees through an 

 atomizer. As it evaporates it leaves no bad smell behind. 

 385. A neighbor of ours, who is a magnetist, told our 



Fig. 93. 



VEIL SEWED ON THE HAT. 



foreman- Apiarist that bees could be pacified by simply laying 

 one's hands above the combs while the cloth is carefully re- 

 moved. AVe have seen bees withdraw from the frames inside 

 the hive, under this laying on of hands; but we are not sure 

 that such magnetism, if there be magnetism in it, is sufficient 

 to prevent the bees from stinging. 



