The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-02-16
ARTIFICIAL SWARMiN'G.
From the Rural New Yorker.

From the Rural New Yorker.
The anarian who understands the prin
cSple> of nee keeping, does not confin,.
himself to any set method, but practices
various ways. l will give two ways
which Ike as we'll Is any practice:
1. Take new hive, containing as many
frames as the hive you use; set the hive
in convenient place; take all the
frames out; open as many old populous
colonies as you have frames in your hive,
and take one of the center frames from
each of them full If comb bees brood, and
honey, and set them into the new hive,
closing it up so that n ne of the bees can
ny out until these different lots of bees.
thus put together. become acquainted
with each other. On the eve ming of the
second day, about shutdown, open the en-
trance so that hey can fly out and work
their new location. As SION as you pu;
the different lots of bees together, give
them queen; FIR while they are thus
confused and strangers, they will not
Gght each other nor interfere with the
queen. Be careful in taking out the
Frames of brood, not to get the old queen
On them The empty frames from the
Mew hive are used to fill the open space
lefl the old hives by the removal Of
the ia ones. In all methods Of artIi-
ciai swarning, the time gained by giving
the queenless part fertile queen is
equivalent To small swarm.
g. In the middle of the day, when the
young bees are out at play, open a popu-
lou stock and take one frame of hon, v,
and the frame which has the queen on It,
(Which Is usually Il center frame contain
ing braod) put these in an empty hive,
filing out with empty frames and set On
the old stand, moving the old stock away
arod or So Most of the bees will 60 10
the uew hive still there will enough r.
main to keep the old stock in prosper
Gus eonditIon. Ii you give them (the old
stock queen, insert the two empty
frames IN the place of the full ones re
mo ed. in The center of the hive. IfI
you do not give them queen, put them
On ne outside OF the rest, then they will
mo- he filed with comb till they raise
them a queen as the frames filled with
CONF without queen ire pretty sure loI
contain drnne comb. In tins way you
lave swarm as good as q natural one,
'Wltt the difference that they have two
We.l-fl ed frames as a start III their new
home. Eight days alter the division, i'll
no queen Is given to the old stock, open
it ami cut IF all the queen cells but one
How early III the season Will it do tol
form new colonies ~ A soon DIS the hive
is crowded with bees, aud they are gath
ering honey.
is there no danger of taking the only
queen rom the old swarm, hus, leaving 1t
pehnlless." In ali methods of artificial
Swarming, the old OF new swarm will he
queehlcsS, unless provided with queen.
If not provided with one, they wall false
one from the brood which they have III
the hive
=" How many swarms may be taken
from the parent swarm In one season ?
AS general thing one good swarm irons
on old Que, IS enough To he protltabte !
yet, il you are a sklll'ul aparian, y"r can
multiply your stock To almost any dtsir
cd extent. With The first method gwen.
you can make u new colony from the I'D
ones, every four or five days, as long a.
the honey seas n. La four or five days
from the time OF making, you Can treat
the new one in the same way.
Z" BY what means can the queen be cay-
turq d ?" BY hitting the combs and find
ing her. When you have found her, catch
her with your fingers, by the wings or
thorax, bur never b. the abdomen. The
Italian queens are easily found, but tue
black ones are usually shy.
Can a swarm be artIfclally obtained
from common board hlve?" You eau
make swarms by driving, although you
wi not be sure OF getting the queen. If
you do not get the quee. the first time,
you must put The bees back an d try again
another dry. Ii you do not get the queen
the bees Will become uneasy but if they
remain quiet, you may know that the
queen is with them Ii you have a seal
ed queen cell, give it 10 the old stock
tw MY four hours alter driving. If you
have none, they wi raise Que from the
brood. The new swarm should stand
where the old one did before driving,
that being moved few feet distant
g. d. DooLITTLE.
Borodino, New York.