The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-11-19
aIaeo Examiner
MY Experience in Bee Culture.

commenced by buying one stock
of bees the first of April, 1876. In
June | divided them; they were in
an old box hive. | drove offa swarm,
and in about eighteen days tore up
the old hive and transferred the
comb to the new hive.
use hive fourteen inches in the
clear every way; rabbet the ends
three-quarters of an inch on the side
TO hang the frames in, the top bars
tbree-eighths of al inch thick, rest
ing down in the rabbetted places I;
the side pieces nailed to the top bar,
so as to leave three-quartcrs of an
inch on each side for the bees to pass
round next the walls of the hive, and
hanging down within -fourths
of an inch of the bottom board.
Nail narrow strip one fourth of an
inch thick and one-half of an inch
wide at the bottom of the side
pieces, so that they shall be the same
width at the bottom and top. The
top and side bars are one inch wide.
ON top make n honey board to fit
over the top of the bottom depart
ment, or brood-room. On the out
side, one-fourth of an inch down,
get out inch-squarc strips and nail
around for the top or covering to
rest upon.
Now for the top side pieces: Have
them eighteen inches long and 8 in
ches wide; end pieces, 16 inches long,
10 inches wide in centre, narrowing
TO 8 inches on the ends to fit the side
pieces beveling the sides so MS to
rive the top board the slant top
board on first side, 2lx12 inches wide;
second board, 21x14 inches, nailed
down solid. The bottom board pro-
iects two or three inches for light
ing board.
/ set my bees on the ground six
feet apart each way, raising the
earth. BY graveling or mixing with
saw-dust the moths are not so bad,
and il saves bees. If any miss the
hive and fall on the ground, they
will crawl to the hive. Now to
TRANSFER BEES AND COMBS
to this hive, drive the bees out of the
old hive or box, take the box to
pieces. BE careful to save all the
straight combs, one piece at a time !;
take the frames of the new hive and
lay it Oh the comb (cut to fly so as
TO hang as it hung in the former hive,
and fasten well by strips or pins.
Put the other frames in the hive
when done, with the comb place ten
frames in each hive; in june two or
three pieces of comb will do, espec-
ially ii old and dark. Set the new
hive on q sheet, or something white,
and run the bees if you want to find
the queen. Put her in the old hive
and put the new hive on the old
stand they are all right in their new
home. If the combs are cut TO fit in
the frames well, the bees will fasten
all the combs in very short time
Look over the comb in few days to
see that they are all right.
| use the smoker to subdue my
bees. | don't let my bees swarm.
When n stock gets strong after May,
/ take new hive and set IL down by
the strong stock. Open each and
take four sheets of comb having
honey, pollen and eggs and brood !;
brush Off the bees so as not TO get the
queen. Set the new hive on the old
stand, and all the bees that are out
in the field will enter it on their re-
turn and make up the new swarm.
Finding no queen, they will set up
queen cells and in very short time
have new queen. have seventeen
strong stocks mode in this way at
this time. The Italian bees are my
choice.-T. w. s., in Cincinnati En-
UNireI.