Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-04-10
Bee Ksies Tor ArrIl.
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9 bee culture Is the fear Of being siuug
: Among the hiehsr animals i j. believed
. ,lat qualities resulting from education and
training IRE tausn, tie to The dipping
b Nheu We see hos much the Italians ary
, "a advance Of the black bee. We mas sup.
. pose bees ave abo capable Of improvement
The Italians will allow Us to take liberties
with them, that the black bees would
highly resent. They have become aecus-
toned TO our preseuce, aud seem 10 con-
slider il a matter OF course. The black
bees have never bean approached, except
Tor pillage aud murder, aud they seem 10
ftliy comprehend it. They are either in
di,uaut at the FIRST familiarity, or yield
W IA tho most ahject submission.
To educate or iraia the bees. and our
elves Is we'll, in order to feel absolutely
certain that We shlll not be troubled with
,iings, We want L good veil. 10 readily
leieet anything wrong in the interior Of
hive, We must become familiar with its
condition when everything is right. To
do this we must frequently have access to
the interior for observation. and do not
want the annoyance OF fear, to make US
forget any important Item. The bees are
Quoted when irritable, by means Of some
mild smoke. That made 10y hard wood
Just rotten enough to hold together, when
saved or split into pieces two inches
square, is good enough. The veil, that
important appendage, consists Of about
yerd Of tarlatan or millinet, sewed TO.
gciher like a bag, open at both euis
Que nd is gathered on a sr'ug. that viii
allow it to slip down o?er the crown Of the 1
hat, which should be Of light color. In
part that comes before the face, insert
piece Of fine wire cloth, 6xS inches squal c.
Opposite the mouth put in a pipe, ten
or twelve inches long, TO be held by the
teeth. When ready to operate light
one end Of the rotten stick, adjust the
veil on the hat, and go to the hive-it is
movable comb, of course-and take off
the top. There are different methods Of
removing this. according to the skill. Of
the operator. One will get hold Of the
top that, ifln cold weather, is firmly held
by bcc-g'uc, and with a sudden jerk bring
1t oft with a snap, that will be but little
less than thunder to the bees. These will
sometimes come out to reconoiter before
the smoke can be brought to bear. An
other will use something to raise the top
more moderately; chisel or heavy jack.
knife will be slipped under. to pry it
loose, often without a jar, aud sometimes
without alarming a bee. Before remov-
ing the top, aItcrit is loose, and raised
little, he vii! listen to the notes within.
1t sharp angry buzzing is heard, instead
81 lettigy the top fall to crush and pinch
"A few, and make all still more angry, he
simple holds 1t STILL and holds the smok-
ing wood as near as possible, and with
the pipe held by the teeth directs smoke
exactly among the bees. Almost immcdi.
ately they will 60 down among the combs.
by raising the top gradually, any bees
not yet down, be can seen and smoke direct
ed to them specially, until all retreat. In
the same cas- way the frames are loosen
ed, and some are separated until one can
be lifted out, without crushing a siagle
bee. Any angry demonstrations should
DO quoted at once with smoke. When
,omb is once lifted out, and bees exposed
% open day, the great danger is over Tho
bees seem to be SO astonishcd at the
;hangc, that they forget abount resentina
my insult: The gloves that are often
jailed for, arc not often needed. The
niger of the bees ought not to be allowed a
o Use until they will sting persons
lands. Shall | say that any wanting
cloves for their hands, are not vet
thoroughly skilled in bee management ?
some OF us have not stopned here, but
AVE looked little further, ard found
IS we become, acquainted, that under some
we can do much more.
In a warm day, when the bees are
ringing stores, the propols that holds
verything fast, is softened and comes off
without a jar Or snap, the bees engaged in
YORK do not notice what is being done.
We can often open the hive, look over IL g
omos' and empty out the honey FIVE wish
o. and return the hive, without HAVING an :,
ogry bee. This is becauqe we do it At
ne right time and in the right way.
here is the value Of two millions ofdolars
th's state wasted annually-2O, 900, 900
0s. OF honey. The people must be e luca.
ed to save 1t. This dreadful fear ofs.inrs
lust be overcome When we come to
nd 1t can be avoldcd-and ifa sting docs
appen, it would not SO very bad, had We
ot been taught to so regard tive shall
ave advanced some. Let us begin now
educate our bees--Amerman Apicm.
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