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pass up into the supers. In the production of extracted honey, the 

 use of these excluders is very essential since all brood is best kept 

 in the brood chamber, and out of the extracting combs where it 

 becomes a nuisance if allowed. Also, less pollen is stored there. 

 Excluders are not needed between the brood chamber and honey 

 supers, unless supers are placed over a swarm before the comb is 

 built in the brood chamber, or the brood nest established. 



BEE ESCAPE 



The bee escape is a simple little appliance fitted into a board 

 the same size as the hive, placed under the supers of either comb 

 or extracted honey, whichever it is desired to remove from the 

 bees. The bees in the supers pass down into the hive, but none 

 can return. This method is slower than smoking or brushing, re- 

 quiring from twelve to twenty-four hours or longer, depending on 

 the temperature, to clear the super of bees ; however, it is valuable 



at the close of the season or 



whenever bees are inclined to 



rob. It is also popular with 



beginners and those who are in 



any way timid in handling bees. ^q. 45. Bee Escape 



SMOKERS 



It is folly to attempt the handling of bees extensively without a 

 first-class smoker, numerous kinds of which are on the market. 



The essential points are light weight, 

 powerful and cold blast, lighjt and 



B ingham 

 B ee Smoker. 



quick action of the bellows, and 



durability. The Bingham is a good 



example. Some makes have too wide 



a spread of the bellows so they cannot 



6e readily grasped by the hand and 



are thus tiresome to work. In the 



loyest priced smokers the stove is 



made of tin. This answers for a 



time, but if used freely in a large 



apiary soon rusts out. Copper or 

 Fig. 46. Bingham Bee Smoker "- " » , , , n ^^ ^ 



(Courtesy of the Americwn Bee brass, preierably the latter, makes a 



Journal) much better implement. The smaller 



size will answer better for a small or medium-sized apiary but for 



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