. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 115 starters only in the brood nest, con- tracting the space to about five Lang- stroth frames, or to one section of the new Heddon hive. With this manage- ment all of the honey that a newly- hived swarm brings in must of neces- sity go into the sections, and as fast as comb is built in the brood nest it is occupied by the queen. A queen ex- cluder is necessary; if it is not used, the queen will at once invade the part- ly completed combs in the super. cases. I have done this way many- times and see no objection to t
. The American bee keeper. Bee culture; Honey. 1898. THE AMERICAN BEE-KEEPER. 115 starters only in the brood nest, con- tracting the space to about five Lang- stroth frames, or to one section of the new Heddon hive. With this manage- ment all of the honey that a newly- hived swarm brings in must of neces- sity go into the sections, and as fast as comb is built in the brood nest it is occupied by the queen. A queen ex- cluder is necessary; if it is not used, the queen will at once invade the part- ly completed combs in the super. cases. I have done this way many- times and see no objection to the plan, I prefer to use bee-escapes in removing supers, although it can be done with- out by using smoke to drive down most of the bees. If the harvest is good and no robbers are troubling, the case may then be set down near the entrance, or leaned against the hive in such a way that the few remaining bees may find their way back into the hive. If there are robbers, then the cases must be. Apiary of W. As to whether it is best to wait until all of the sections of a case are com- pleted before removing it depends upon circumstances. If honey is not coming in very freely, and me colony is not crowded for I'oom, rather than to tier the cases more than three high, I would wait until all the combs are completed; or at least until only one or two in each corner remains unfinished. If honey comes in very rapidly it sometimes happens that some colonies will have three cases of sections full of honey with only a few of them capped. In such cases I might remove a case in which only half of its sections were capped; but rather than do this I would take a nearly finished case (bees and all) from a three-case colony and give it to a colony having only one or two . Hutchinson. carried into a room and the bees al- lowed to escape upon a window from which they can crawl out at the top. When the sections are free from bees I sort them over and put the unfinished ones in a case by themselves. W
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