CHAPTER V. 



Management of Bees. — How to quiet Bees. — TRANSFERRmr: 

 Bees from Skeps to Bar-frame Hives. — Stocking Hives 

 FROM ' Condemned Bees,' i.e. those which would 

 HAVE been Destroyed by their Owners in taking the 

 Honey. 



It has been said previously that the best way to 

 quiet bees is to puff smoke into the hives, and put 

 a carbolic rag over the frames. It occasionally 

 happens that bees will not be subdued with either of 

 these, owing to the fact that they have been roused 

 before the smoke, etc., have been applied. The best 

 advice we can give is this. Put on veil and gloves so 

 as to inspire confidence, and then go to the bees in a 

 determined but quiet manner. Don't jar the hives, 

 or do things in a noisy manner. This will at once 

 rouse their anger. Treat them as if you loved them. 

 If the smoke is applied before the bees know any- 

 thing about it, they will fill themselves with honey, 

 and in that state are as harmless as flies. Sometimes 

 substances have been used with a powerful odour. 

 Should tobacco be used, a very few puffs would be 

 enough. Dried puff balls have been recommended 



