FALL MANAGEMENT. S15 



femaining in the vreatber, and should be picked, if 

 possible, just before they are ripe and burst open. 

 When not thoroughly dry, put them in the oven after 

 the bread is out." When used, the cuticle or rind 

 must be carefully removed ; ignite it by a lamp or 

 coal (it will Jiot blaze in burning), blow it, and get it 

 thoroughly started, before putting it in the tube. Put 

 in the stopper, and blow through it ; if it smokes well, 

 you are ready to proceed. When it does not burn 

 freely, unstop and shake it out. The dry air is much 

 better than moist breath at the commencement. 



DIEECTIOKS rOR TniITIN& TWO FAMILIES. 



The hive to receive the bees is inverted, the other set 

 over it right end up, all crevices stopped to prevent the 

 escape of the smoke. Now insert the end of the ftimigator 

 into a hole in the side of the hive (which if not made 

 before will need to be now) ; blow into the other end, 

 this forces the smoke into the hive ; in two minutes 

 you may hear the bees begin to fall. Both hives 

 should be smoked; the upper one the most, as we 

 want all the bees out of that. The other only needs 

 enough to make the scent of the bees similar to those 

 introduced. At the end of eight or ten minutes, the 

 upper hive may be raised, and any bees sticking be- 

 tween the combs brushed down with a quiU. The 

 two queens in this case are of course together ; one 

 will be destroyed, and no difficulty arise. But if 

 either of them is a young one, and jou have been 

 convinced by some " bee-doctor" that such are much 

 more prolific, and happen to know which hive con- 



