198 FIFTY YEARS AMONG THE BEES 



just a little afraid that if I should make a practice of leaving' 

 honey out over escapes till the next day, some one none too 

 scrupulous might leara the trick and by a night visit save me 

 the trouble of taking off some of the honey. So whatever 

 honey is taken off any day is got into the house before we go 

 to bed that night; for sometimes it happens that when we 

 have a big day's work at an out-apiary we do not get home 

 till 8 o'clock or later. 



Fig. 65 — One-cent Queen-Cage. 



SMOKING BEES DOWN. 



When a sujier is to be taken off, smoke is blown down into 

 it until a sufficient number of bees have gone down out of it. 

 What that sufficient number is depends upon circumstances. 

 If it is early in the day, and we do not care to take the honey 

 home till late, there is no need to drive out so many bees. 

 Otlier circumstances may also make a difference, and we "cut 

 our coat according to the cloth." 



SUPERS STANDING OPEN. 



Suii]jose tlie lioney flow is in full blast, and we commence 

 to take off supei-s early in the day, or at least in tlie forenoon. 



