The honey bee- a manual of instruction in apiculture (1899) (14804851633)

Identifier: honeybeemanualof01bent_1 (find matches)
Title: The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Benton, Frank, 1852-1919 Charles C. Miller Memorial Apicultural Library WU
Subjects: Bee culture
Publisher: Washington, Govt. print. off.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library



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Im. K>.— Manipulation—examiningverse side of OOBlb. (Original.) 34 MANUAL OF APICULTURE. To recapitulate: To secure easy, rapid, aud safe manipulation accu-rately made hives, with the frames, if hanging, arranged to rest onfolded metal rabbets, and the combs perfectly straight, are essential.It is equally important also that some one of the gentler races be kept
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Pig. 17.—Quinby closed-end ir; (From ABCof Bee Culture.; Furthermore, a good bee smoker fed with dry fuel is necessary, whilethe bee escape to clear supers without manipulation of combs is a greathelp. Quilts, queen excluders, and bee escapes reduce the amount ofmanipulation required, and at the same time facilitate what is abso-lutely necessary. In general, the best time to manipulate hives is when most of thebees are busy in the fields. The young bees left at home are most easilycontrolled and the old ones returning are generally laden. CHAPTER IV. ESTABLISHING AN APIARY: TIME—SELECTING HIVES OF BEES-MOVING BEES—SELECTION OF SITE. Spring is the best season to establish an apiary, especially for a per-son unacquainted with the practical care of bees. Colonies in goodcondition procured then are more easily kept in order by the novice thanif purchased in the fall. Mistakes in management may possibly be rem-edied before the season closes, and by the time it is necessary to pre-par