66 PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING 
quired. This usually takes the form of a smoker, 
or of a cloth sprinkled with a solution of two parts 
of water to one part of Calvert’s No. § carbolic 
acid. First remove the quilts until only the 
bottom one remains. Gently raise the edge of 
this and blow a little smoke over the frames, 
afterwards replacing ¢he quilt. The effect of this 
smoke is to frighten the bees, causing them to 
fill their honey-sacs from the open cells. In this 
condition they are much less liable to sting. 
If there are no open cells containing honey, a 
condition of things which often exists in early 
spring or late autumn, a little sugar syrup must be 
poured over each of the seams of bees. It will 
take the bees a couple of minutes or so to fill 
their sacs, after which time the quilt may be 
removed and a little more smoke blown over the 
combs. Any examination that may be required 
can now be made. In taking out the frames, first 
remove the division-board at the side, if there is 
one, and then take out the first frame. 
In handling frames there is one correct method, 
and one only. Draw the frame a little sideways 
to clear it from the next comb, and then gently 
raise it by the lugs. Examine the side. nearest 
to you, and then, lowering one hand until the top 
bar is perpendicular, swing the frame round like 
the leaf of a book and bring the hands level again. 
The effect of this will be that you are now look- 
ing at the other side, with the bottom bar upper- 
most. To bring the frame back to its proper 
