180 Apiary Register. 



thirty-six hours, will almost aJways cause the bees to accept 

 her. Shaking the bees off the frames two rods from the hive, 

 will often rid them of the counterfeit queen, after which they 

 will receive a queen-cell or a queen. But prevention is best 

 of all. We should never have a colony or nucleus without 

 either a queen or means to rear one. It is well to keep young 

 brood in our nuclei at all times. 



In all manipulation with the bees we need something to 

 loosen the frames. Many use a chisel. I have found an iron 

 scraper (Fig. 81), which J had made by a blacksmith, very 



Fig. 



convenient. It serves to loosen the frames, draw tacks, and 

 gcrape off propolis. It would be easy to add the hammer. 



QUEEN EEGIKTER, OR APIAEY REGISTER. 



With more than a half-dozen colonies it is not easy to know 

 just the condition of each colony. Something to mark the 

 date of each examination, and the condition of the colony at 

 that time, is very desirable. Mr. Root furnishes the Queen 

 Register (Fig. 82). With this it is very easy to mark the 

 date of examination of each hive, and the condition of the 

 colony at the time. Mr. Newman furnishes an Apiary Regis- 

 ter which serves admirably for the same purpose. Each hive 

 is "numbered. A corresponding number in the Register gives 

 us all desired facts. We have only to note down at the time 

 the condition of each colony and date of examination in the 

 Register. 



