Gleanings in bee culture . ht hand; transferto the left hand, letting her grasp the end ofthe second finger with her feet; gently closethe thumb and front finger against her tho-rax, letting the abdomen hang down acrossthe nail of the second linger. With a pairof sharp scissors clip the lace from the wingdiagonally, so as not to cut the bone. Aqu<ien looks crippled with her wing cut squareoff; and, besides, it must injure her. Thetime required to catch and clip a queen bythis method is about two minutes. Having all our queens clipped, and care-fully noted the condition of each colony asto n
Gleanings in bee culture . ht hand; transferto the left hand, letting her grasp the end ofthe second finger with her feet; gently closethe thumb and front finger against her tho-rax, letting the abdomen hang down acrossthe nail of the second linger. With a pairof sharp scissors clip the lace from the wingdiagonally, so as not to cut the bone. Aqu<ien looks crippled with her wing cut squareoff; and, besides, it must injure her. Thetime required to catch and clip a queen bythis method is about two minutes. Having all our queens clipped, and care-fully noted the condition of each colony asto numerical strength of bees, amount ofbrood, and also of honey, the condition ofeach colony is marked by placing a stone onthe cover, the location of the stone on thecover telling at a glance the exact conditionof each colony in the apiary. We find, bytaking an inventory of our colonies, that wehave 50 good strong colonies; 50 fair to me-dium ones, and 50 fair to light ones, and 2are queenless. All the light ones were of the. lOlnn^ Via. 1. —FINDING QUEENS IN SECTIONAL HIVKS WITHOUT IlANDLINCi FRAMES, The first operation, as shown in this illustration, is to tip up the front of the hive from the bottom-boardand blow a few whiffs of smoke between the combs. The object of this is to drive the queen to the upper partof the hive. A glance at the illustration in the last issue, showing the construction of the sectional hive, willmake it clear that there is an unobstructed passageway on account of the very narrow top and bottom-bars. 1901 GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 845
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