The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-06-02
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FARMERS COLUMN.
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Mrs Elem :. Upper tells how to intro
duce Italian queens colonies % natlrs bees
a. follows:
Take away the queen Of the colo3c to
which the italian queen Is to lie given. To
tind her most ea~l5y oacn the stand il the
middle Of d fine day. when many bees are
absent from the hive Disturb the bees as
little a possible, and have an assistant %
look cn enc side Of he tra4c, while you
examine the other, L51a ou the frames
near the center Of the cluster Ers.. as the
queen Is apr 70 be there Is soon as you
have found her and killed her put the Iral-
Tau queen, with two or three OF her Owl
bees, into the wire cage Which accompanies
her and lay II over the frames near the
cluster: or II the weather be cool, the cage
may bc LAID between two frames Leave
her there IS hour and then, without nov
Ing the cage or disturbing lhe bees, pull
out the stopper and allow the queen to 90
into tie hive al Ter pleasure. have new
er lost queen that | introduced In The
way
Anothr -Etho,1.-Nova the hive to
which you wish to introduce the queen to a
new position some distance away. Then
take from il two or three frames Of comb
coutaityng brood and honey, shake all the
bees from them, mt them in an empty
hive, and place til, hive where tie other
stood close all the entrances except one
hole IN the top, and through this gently
put the Dew queen on 10 the frames and
shut her in; then open the entrance for
one bee al time in front aud allow the
bees that are out in the fields to come in.
Being fail Of honey and disturbed al,o at
the appearance OF their home they VIII not
harm the strange queen.
II 1t Is the right season Of the year for
making new colonies, yol may. toward
night, adj frame or two more Ct brood
from some other colony, AMI as . majority
OF the worker bees from the lemgvCl col
ony will return 10 their new location, you
VIII have a good, new, prosperous colony
The one yDu have moved will also do well
and soon lie as strong as ever, for it retains
the fertile queen. IL YOU 10 nor care thu,
TO divide, look over tie removed hive at
once and Kill lis queen. Leave il an hour
or two; then take all the remaining frames;
shake the bees from them and place them
IN the hive whore your Italian queen Is and
just at dusk put all the remaining bees in
the old hive in front Of the new, which
they will gladly enter. In this way YOU re
place by the Italian. This is uy layUritc
way OF exchanging queens.
Gautioas.-0pcn the box in which the
queen Is sent, IN tight room that if tie
queen chance to 6y, she will 20 to tile win
dow and be easily caught.
Never handle the queen ~ the abdomen;
always take hold Of her by the wings orup-
per part Of the body. It's well after in
Producing queen by the first method de-
SERTED, to look over the combs few days
aftcr-and destroy all queen cells that are
started, | never knew them 10 start any
when queen was introduced in the second
way.
ALL KINDS OF SHEEP AND WooL DFsIR-
ABLE.-Any and all Of OF the breed, Of Eng
llsh improved long wooded, or comIiug. or
mutton sheep, a also of the fine cloth or
other fined wooded varieties, when proper
~ situated, as also the legitimate crosses Of
the English improved varieties crossed
within their own varieties and OF the fine
wooded varieties crossed within their own
varieties are an invaluable and iu4i,pen-
sable branch 81 hUsbaHdry, 20 successful.
general or mixed American agriculture.
The different pure bred tami.Ie, or yari
eues, whether Of the fine or c0mbiuc wooded
famlae, ere each and seveyally direct ne
ccsaIty ot and TO the American rcopIe.-
1hese IS no American ciUzen but has III
Ifc' persona! interest in the success OF eli
ms a. I!"ttehl ofceIs 81 sheep.
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can S"ls shou4 produce all the different
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n1e breeder q any variety. opposing or
~? ing o1"lt '''ao"shed varieties, or any
legitimate cross IS no IhlIanthropist or
name Of American industrial citizen I, ,lo
proper sense or comprehension OF the word.
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