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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 20, 1020 
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Honey °eats the Sugar Trust 
Part III. 
Increasing Swarms. —If you wish to 
make any increase now is the time to 
do it if your flora is similar to what I 
have outlined. If you are fortunately 
situated in having clover in early Sum¬ 
mer, and buckwheat, or possibly some 
other flower that produces heavily an 1 
regularly in the Fall, the increase can 
be made soon as the clover flow is ended. 
This is an ideal arrangement where it 
can he practised, inasmuch as it allows 
the entire working force of the colony to 
be kept togther during clover bloom, 
which with a few exceptions is the most 
desirable of all honey. About 12 days 
after the queen is confined to the lower 
story of the hive, the upper portion con- 
taining the brood can be removed to a new 
location and a queen purchased from 
some beekeeper who raises queens for 
sale, and introduced, which will give you 
a new colony, though you will very likely 
not obtain as much honey during the 
present season from the two, as you 
would from the one strong swarm. If 
you wish increase however, either this 
method, natural swarming, or purchase, 
will he about the only methods to pursue, 
and of the three the above outlined will 
possibly be the best. Instructions for 
the introduction of the queen are gener¬ 
ally printed on the cage in which she is 
mailed. Here again it would be wise to 
consult some neighbor beekeeper as to 
where to get good queens from a breeder 
whoso territory is free of foul brood. 
More Working Space. —If you do not 
wish increase, after the transfer of the 
queen to the lower body let them alone 
till they are working freely on clover, 
Alsike being espeially fertile in the pro¬ 
duction of nectar, then remove the cover 
and examine the frames to see if more 
storage room is required. This condition 
is indicated when the top ed.'e of the 
frames shows white new comb drawn out. 
The upper bodies should be raised up and 
the one containing the brood and queen 
with the excluder on top should not he 
disturbed, but the super of empty frames 
should be placed on top of this one and 
the partly filled combs placed on top. 
We have repeated this performance sev¬ 
eral times during a good flow, and mi 
several colonies have had 50 frames. This 
is a very rare occurrence though, and 
ordinarily two full-depth bodies of niue 
frames on top of the brood chamber of 
the 10 frames will give ample room, but 
it will pay to look out for the exception, 
and give room soon as needed. By this 
method of management occasionally a 
colony will swarm toward the end of the 
honey flow after becoming pretty badly 
crowded with honey, though we have had 
practically no trouble. Swarming at 
this time does not break up the strength 
of the colouy for honey gathering as it 
would earlier in the season. 
Removing Honey. —Do not remove the 
honey from the hive till it is thoroughly 
well ripened, as honey shortly after be¬ 
ing gathered is very thin, and if ex¬ 
tracted in that condition would become 
sour in a very short time. The bees 
evaporate it to the consistency of heavy 
syrup, and seal the greater portion of 
it. Several weeks or a month after the 
honey flow ends remove the surplus, 
but do not take any from the brood 
chamber, and when doing this it is a 
wise thing to stand several frames (the 
heaviest, best sealed ones you can find) 
aside to add to the Winter stores of 
each hive. To remove the honey get 
your smoker working in good order 
(and right here it may be well to say 
that a good smoker is as essential as a 
good veil, or more so) and blow a 
a little more smoke. Pry the cover up 
a crack and blow some smoke under 
| it. Soon as the bees become quiet begin 
at one side to remove the combs, work- 
! ing smoothly but quickly. Grasp each 
frame firmly by the top bar, and give a 
quick hard shake which will dislodge 
most of the bees, aud quickly brush off 
the remainder with a handful of long 
grass, or a special bee brush. I prefer 
the grass or weeds, as I think it does not 
make the bees quite so angry. Do not 
forget to use some smoke as each frame 
is lifted out of the hive. Soon as this 
honey is off one hive carry it into some 
room or cellar where the bees cannot got 
to it. and be very careful that there are 
no small pieces of honey scattered around 
during the work. At this season of the 
year the bees do not. have any flowers to 
work on. and all you need do to start 
more trouble than you may think there 
is in the world is to let them get a taste 
of honey outside of the hive. They are 
the worst, and most persistent robbers 
there are in the world. You cannot call 
up the police to assist, for I imagine about 
the kind of help one would get there. 
You cannot chase them with a gun or any 
other device, so it pays to be careful not 
to turn them into robbers. 
Handling Honey. —Place the honey 
in a warm room several hours before the 
extracting is begun, as the warmer the 
honey the freer it will flow from the 
combs. The cappings should be cut off 
smoothly, and care should be taken not 
to break the new combs by running the 
machine too fast. Run it. slowly for a 
short time, then reverse the combs and, 
after running that side reverse again. 
The speed can be increased_ when the 
comb is nearly dry on each side. These 
combs should be placed buck on the hives 
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