The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-05-07
Care of Apiary I'm MAY.

Care of Apiary In May.
Bees that have been well cared for
during April, and were strong in early
Spring, are by the 18th of this month
4 in good condition to divide. If they
have been cleaned out, and comb trimmed
as directed in previous article, it is an
easy matter to make new ,oonies. In
1ievery live that you have divide one, by
Taking out tive frames of brood Cor one
Sif brood and one of honey and the old
d queen with what bees are on the cards ::
telace this hive on the stand of any other
,.etrong colony-these two hives must be
just alike as to color and entrance or the
bees will 90 to another stand if one is
near like the one removed; each hive
should be filed up with empty frames or
cards OF empty comb. (lfyou have spare
empty worker comb and give it to the
old queen there will be large amount Of
eggs deposited in very short time, for
good queen is capable of laying three
thousand eggs per day. Take your
strongest stocks to operate with-Iet the
queenless colony in the first operation
remain on the old stand eleven days,
have everything in readiness, hives, &c
examine one Of your queenless colonies
and you will find from four to ten queen
cells; if you find them on different cards
SO much the better; leave only one on
frame, ent the Others out esr"fnIly With /.
sharp pen knife, take an inch square of
comb with each queen cell, lay them on
the honey board over the holes, the bees
will take care Of it till needed. If you
take cut frames return as many. Take
any colony you wish to divide, move it
off the old stand. Take two or three
frames with what bees are on the comb |
and the old queen, put them into the
empty hive on the old stand, place empty
frames between full ones, put a queen
cell in the old hive (if you use a cell that
you cut out, cut piece Of comb, Just
the size, out of the brood comb, no mat.
tor if you destroy few worker eggs or
larve.) Remove this hive whero you
please. If the two hives are exactly
alike you can with safety set them side
by side. II not, movo the young queen
ten feet. Proceed with all your strong
stocks until you have used up the queen
reells. Handle these very carefully; if
you pinch or dent the cells you destroy
the young queen.
IN Experience and close observation for
So NO years has satisfied ne that hives
f3acipg west do far best, therefore face
agkest if practicable. If you set more
than two hives together where the young
queens are, mark all but the end ones
by mailing piece of red flannel on one,
brown paper on another, &c. Let these
remain three weeks after you have made
your last division. Young queens meet
the droncs in the air once for life
Usually when they are about week old
They always fly out Gas do the young
skorkers) backwards or head towards the
J -; thus by watching surrounding OBJ
'11othey return to the same spot.
1zehe expiration Of thirty days from
nt operation, examine your young
a. if there are eggs and larve, COW
1 and put on your honey boxes, and
oY a disturb them again, unless weak,
en you can move them to strong
stand and move the strong one to this.
Clean empty drone comb should be put
into money boxes just as you wish the
honey to come out. Cut it with q warm
sharp knife 10 strips the length Of the
honey box, that is, long as the honey
box is deep; cut the comb up in such
pieces, put one long one in each box and
if you have small pieces use them also,
as every pound Of good empty comb you
save is equal to twenty pounds Of honey.
Have honey boxes I'll ready With comb,