468 bee-keeper's axioms. 



3d. Bees when frightened by smoke or by drumming on 

 their hives, fill themselves with honey and lose all disposition 

 to sting, unless they are hurt. 



4th. Bees dislike any quick movements about their hives, 

 more especially any motion which jars their combs. 



5lh. Bees dislike the offensive odor of svirealy animals, 

 and will not endure impure air from human lungs. 



6th. The bee-keeper will ordinarily derive all his profits 

 from stocks, strong and healthy, in early Spring. 



7th, In districts where forage is abundant only for a short 

 period, the largest yield of honey will be secured by a jiery 

 moderate increase of stocks., 



8th. A moderate increase of colonies in any one season, 

 will in the long run, prove to be the easiest, safest and 

 cheapest mode of managing bees. 



9th. Queenless colonies, unless supplied with another 

 queen, will inevitably dwrindle away, or be destroyed by the 

 bee-moth or by robber bees. 



10th. The formation of new colonies should ordinarily be 

 confined to the season when bees are accumulating honey, 

 and if this or any other operation must be performed when 

 forage is scarce, the greatest precautions should be used to 

 prevent robbing. 



The very essence of all profitable bee-keeping may be 

 condensed into Oetle's Golden Rule : keep yotjr stocks 

 STRONG. If you cannot succeed in doing this, the more 

 money you invest in bees, the heavier will be your losses ; 

 while if your stocks are strong, you will show that you are 

 a tee-master, as well as a bee-keeper, and may safely cal- 

 culate on generous returns from your grateful and industrious 

 subjects. 



