Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-03-31
On Preventing RObbcrieS,

to prevent rODberleS. and have failed OF
finding perfect remedy. until SToDDARD's
Patent Robbcr Beg was offered to the
public. This, most certainly, is great
discovery. and worthy the attention of
every hpiarian. | think few words are
needed on this subject, as the first sight
of this improvement, satisfies any mar
Gifts utility. 1t only needs to be applied.
and the work is done.
IL you discover that your Bees are at
tackled by robbers. close your Hive by
means Of the tongue in the Hire Tube.
so that one Bee only can enter at time,
and then your Bees can guard the en-
trance. If the contention has just com
menced. this will be sufficient. If it is
Of long shading. close up the entire en-
trance, observing well to give them suf
ficient air Let your Hive remain closed
till sunset. then open it TO admit your
own Bees, and give any robbers which
may be within IN opportunity Of esca-
ping. Close the Hive again before sun
rise; and if any Bees appear. give them a
shower Of cold water from "a water pot or
broom. They will be so offended with
your treatment. as to leave very soon
Then give your Bees free ingress and
egress. and they will again resort to their
labor.
Bees are not likely to make war, and
rob each other. except in the spring
and fall. Sometimes extreme hot wealth.
er causes honey to drip. and then most
of the Bees engage in the work. and car
| ry il off, and leave an empty Hive for the
owner.
In case you have young swarm rob
! bed, and the comb is clean from the moth.
and light colored. close your Hive and
set ii away untl swarming. Hive small
colony in it. and they will soon cleanse
the comb. and commence storing up hon
ey. Here you will soon find great sa-
wing, and the Bees are always fond OF
such habitation. If the comb is old
and dar k colored, never put Bees into it.
would recommend all Apiarans TO
| adopt this rule; If you find swarm of
Young Bees robbed. and honey remaining
in the comb, secure it well from ants and
spiders, and set it in dry room until
Noveln ber-,hen look for weak swarm
! that is destitute Of honey, and transfer
them INFO this Hive. and you have good
! colony. This | have praoticed for few
years with good success. In March SAG.
examined my Bees, and found them
destitute of honey; transferred them in
to such Hive of comb and honey
served them-snd they swarmed twice
during the season. Here you discover
good resulting from experiment. pro-
ceeded the same way with swarm in
January, 1913. and my profits from the
same swarm during the past season, were
Sl4. This operation may be perfor
with much more ease than to remove the
honey from the Hive, and feed the Bees.
In feeding; you are apt TO lose your Bees
bJ robbers, unless great caution is used.
Many ways OF transferring Bees have
been advised by dilIrent authors. There
appear TO be no objections against all
the methods recommended. ana it is es
teemed difficult operation. But his
difficulty seems 10 be obviated by the
! Self Protecting Hive, as you will see BY
another rule. An eastern gentleman has
tried the experiment Of administering
ether, which soon prostratrs them and
the, are transferred 20 another Hive be-
fore they recover; perhaps tins may De
used with success, but it is doubtful.
On Rcmoping Honey.
As soon as you discover that your draw
ers are full and all the cells capped over.
and most Of the Bees left the drawers, 60
few will remain to guard them,) insert
tin slide between the drawer and the
cha mber floor. then remove the drawers
and insert empty ones il their place.
! Now remove the slide and let the Bees
pass through the aperture into the empty
drawers. They will discover that they
have been robbed Of part OF their win
ter's store, and unless the working season
is TOO far spent, they Immediately Sc;
/ themselves to work to repair the loss -
The labors of making comb and deposit
ing honey. end in this country. about
the last of angus! or the first OF Septem-
ber
After you have removed the honey
drawers in this manner, take them near
the house and set them on the glass end
that the Bees may return To the Hive
From this place take your drawers to
dark room, with a small opening; set
your drawer near the opening--rap lew
times on the box, blow occasionally in
the sperinfe. ard the Bees will soon
leave the drawer and honey FOR the own
err. If their work is not completed. they
are very slow to leave, and unless ex
PEELED by harsh means. they will stay
unit! they have sucked every drop of
honey from the comb.
Sometim you will find brood comb
in your drawers, and the Bees are not
then easily expelled. Such drawers
should be Immediately returned to the
Hive. in the same manner as they were
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