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V TO Cdlvirt'CX ■ ,lis nttfto nwtilltls but to (brow out tb»*S. 
i ’ • 'U . honey ns soon jw VKjtlvbMrrittp capping"; tblsto mo.. 
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M AN.Y' of tjro, tntynarH^ ■(ha4o'..lV^; , 0'<^(tl*^ 
'will f pply .1 o’ nnir# ^peblajl iy.-as"tffi?| 
present season' is pearly ^Uejmiphtu Jater 'ijian ; 
usual in ' all pertaining Jo.oe^r.'i Diffiiig'tbis 
month .eyppeia 1 ly,l shb 6 lrt \vosee-,thltt tfie .Quern, 
has at.hu tjnveB.actlaine o'r^i%hy .WOfKcj' comb 
hi which. tp-.!depOBlt J '-ee§s i ae ; \vQ ha'W;;b^’fbr(j„ 
mentiOuSd, fofc it should' bb. borne in m-itid tbiif, 
the eggs, ‘fai.il ■JSow’fWilL produce ytlic 1 Workers 
t hat nve.'fo I^tyor. Uty'ijig tbO'teisywwld 'harvest. 
He earcfpi'fHot'W go too fdst/amYalso bp-sure 
you do not let Per got .ulieuct so Uvu^ that the ; 
bees ini.ighib.'they yvill hjiye to rc'sort tonatu,-.! 
ral swirnging/for 'vyt-jh'uiii tills' never happenb, 
unless »f, HnVlOSs to the, Apiarist, that, . naif 
easily be' avoided. JSfojhing but:- almost -daily 
inspection of the' ulterior of-the hives, cmfl %«».' 
able yon 46 .kn6w just what 'riepdis doing, that 
you may 'd'^ jvi^t the proper thing afflin prop-, 
or time. .’. -V '• 
If you have a c^uv.etiicht i'dye— ,tiie Staiiiiao;(l. 
we have- tlesoiubed' ftir'lip^an’cn^^iit it vd»v. 
few minutes* ajre'. if^fcje^sijuy 'td, tajt'eta peep; 1 iff 
the interior ;of tjic brood ' fiest, Sndjiwhf'h'thij 
bees get .aceh»tpjned t;b ! Jf.ouv daily; visWi, .wo 
think yoii will oleelde.. that smoke *i^ .seldom ' 
really needed ip •' • ' v;.' ; 
Colonies tli,at i;ije.fteq»eiitJt i handled, jafeysn- 
talnly more gentle, a»td gd fur- uAoUr experience 
extends, have Mvaflalily given the ' liibst honey/ 
but they shbjtltHif course be handled, geptky. 
The hives rn fVoii’t of bur'Be'a House. d'portVfe 
invariably peaceable, Whether they contain hy- 
brids, blacks' or Italians,; and'tli'bsp in' a remote 
part of the Apiary 1 are often quite' different in 
disposition. While the-, former are usually 
passed and reparsed a dor.eii times a day, and 
frequently by those who are in u hurry, the 
latter are only visited’ when something is to be 
done with them.. • 
Barrels for honey, should be kept In' readi- 
ness, and wli.en waxedtjud painted as per di- 
lutions given ''a. jrcar ngo,- they can ,be‘ kept., 
over without injury, if no't 'needed. We find it 
very convenient to have a few extra,' to supply 
neighbors when a heavy yield comes on sud- 
denly. . 
With the modern style' of Extractors, and 
<he double width,' instead of two story hive, 
scarcely any instruction will he needed for ta- 
king out the honey further- than that already 
gone over. Friend Wilson of Lexington, Tex- 
as, writes : 
When lices are bringing In honey rapidly, they ap- 
pear to have little or no time to cap over. * Many- toll 
sdpii iv« p»e; ... 
■U rapier raqjtalmlv ap'l misutlfil.Hctory instruction, 
h o u 1 a fb C' 1 Wa st* <1 -t u ,-ieupn /tow tnur/t -o) ;i .htjet'Oi'-' 
cOmb'slioulp-hv qaihie'l'f'vev liyJ'pre Lbe sheet' is emp- 
tied?-, Tf , roue ;t.ou.vuu)ti, 'the honey -w-soUhth 'and, .... 
liglu rthoftt will not keep well. Jf dr lay up 1 oo long.' ' 
consider:) tile lftss-wfll result fvr want oi rdpm to store; b '• 
your , 
Shfed 1 - 
jees .will yibw Iriipa'tleht natl goto swarinjng.'o. '' 
feti' lomio'OuS. .rs>e n)i tlie subject in June ' - 
, I'ljr.pe... - IJUWli Hlf’.LVtifi.lM Il'lHUl lll<J LJtJjpCll,, ijj 
.#• opVmhgs : Sre itarfovVed tJownvia a sniall' 
aifijlce, the size, of a pin’si-hea'd p.erhaps^'ndw. . ' . 
wlH:u'.-ha|f dj a slieeti'of cbiirb j's thus partially: . . 
, capptxE 'And .'.pigy heiiti dozen cells or st), bear ' l ; 
tjie; top 'bar iire. egpped-. oyer', W; 0 .uld l)e'- just , 
about thd l ttnle ho extract, we ‘Should say'.: Tile';,,./.? 
jniposslbit t6;audotim*oflte'uts of the hive all ".V,' 
iSi-this 'eqJuditjdn.-.for some' ,of the cpmbs.'wiHV ... 
,perli‘a'j'R>lie'pVqt'ty.wetl'«tpped over, white ofti-” 
■ecs' 1 4re'hiii;dfy. peadyg this niaktis’ but little, dif- . , 
,J,qreiiice' However .'.as the average will be stffflcv. , 
ivntiy tliiek'/auil Ibwill thicken stitl more by'.' '. 
.beif(g kept, eVtij if bpnged or corked up.; 
i lfpuscrrke Bros, send ‘US a' description of a 
vdry. jigh't'.i'^Se.j'ol'-canryiiig corahs made prill'' • 
cj'p!j.ily 01 '% basswood. A Voilud hamlleis fas- 
teued iiy a strip qf, iron - at each end, in such a , 
•waythattt will turnover and lay on the edge;' 
of tltd. box.’- They.- oiler to tarnish a -pair to 
holdifi coinbk each, with close fitting cover,' 'for 
7/ici-. Wheii tht' cpwhs are iquite heavy, and 
arO to He Carried . soiqc. distance, they advise a 
“neck yoke,: such.- as farthers use in sugar 
canipS etc. V ' . -. • " 
•With ', the Tfexitgonal Apiary, .56 hives can 
'have 'ample room, and the farthest be no 
niore reinote than 24 feet .from the Bee House 
doot\ 'For sucli a distance we sometimes think 
a cage is ' hardly needed at : all'; besides the 
Italians Cling so tightly that we can many 
times walk to the. house With a comb, while 
we are brushing them- off. We need hardly 
add that 'tis poor policy to waste young bees 
at any season, and they are pretty sure to be, 
if the combs arc put iuto the Extractor before 
they are till brushed otf. The distance of your 
hives from the Extractor, and the amount of 
tiilie you have to spare, has much to do with 
the question of using comb baskets. 
■ • Do' not give the cappings or anything else to 
.the bees to lick off during a yield of honey. It 
will hinder them from going out to work, and 
they will not get as much stored, as if they 
gathered it from the field ; consequently the 
honey on our cappings is worse than wasted. 
With the wax Extractor It. can all be saved, 
and with very little trouble. For more partic- 
ulars about extracting, see June No. of 1873. 
