The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-31
HINTS TO BEE KEEPERS.
Some Timely Advice From an Experienced
Honey Dealer

Bee keepers visiting Touring mill will
be surprised to see thousands of dead anC
dying bees i'll and near the windows. AfteI
loading themselves with pollen very many
OF the bees fly to the windows only to be
stopped by the glass. If the managers Of
the mills-or other persons with proper
permission, would raise the windows {
little, many Of the bees when exhausted
enough to fall to the window sill would still
have strength to fly to their homes.
Every bee keeper should see to having
a supply of smuttings in reach Of the bees.
as soon as spring opens and they begin to
hunt for pollen. Dat meal, graham flour or
bran and shorts mixed with -four. answers
the purpose, but smuttings are best. In
using either kind small sticks or straws
should be placed ON it to prevent great
many bees from being smOthered.
! As soon as Swarms die or are nearly ex-
tlnct through old age of queens or other
causes, remove the honey before robber
| bees get it.
Wnen a weak swarm, or hive contain
ing honey with no live bees in it. is being
ROBBED, Ii 1t IS near other swarms, remove
the nlVe that is being robbed and place an
empty hive in its stead: this will fool the
tack nelghborlng colonies. In such cases
II the weak swarm has no queen. or one
| that appears to be too old to be of further,
use, either kill her and give them a new
! queen, queen cells, or fresh eggs to rear
another from, or by using proper scent
double them in with another swarm
AS soon as the weather is sufficiently
| warm, open all the hives and see to clean
ing out the winters accumulation of filth
In some instances this labor will ae found
necessary.
| To keep mice out of hives have all the en-
frances wide enough to admit "a good sup
! ply OF air, and only high enough to admit
| queens and drOneS.
l md 1t necessary to have hives about
eiGnteen inches above the ground. out Of
/ feach OF chickens and t0ads, but it is neces-
sary to have platform extend about two
ieeJ III front to prevent young and also
| heayy laden bees from falling in reach of
loads Many cruel bee keepers kill hun
| areas OF toads each season. rather. than
| take the above precautions.
GAS toadS from neighbOrinr premises are
attracted by the temptation OF a meal on
the money gatherGrS, it is not only ciTIe1 to
Kill them but it is working against our own
interests IN an agricultural sense. am
aware Inat single toad will devour hun
areas OF bees IN d very short time. but why
noG uifect thelf VOlacioUs appetites, and
compel them to live on destructive hups
COOLING moths. etc!
IN handling bees Il good smoker is a ne
cesslty, but where considerable snOlycis re
CURED, take an old pan or can, and start =
hfe with any combustible material: then
put on water or green weeds
III Irving new sWal1nS, if the portion of
d Tree UAeY light on is cut Off. or if they are
shaken INTO large pan or basket. after. a
sood sprnkIng and smoking place them in
lfolt OF the hive and allow them TO quietly
go III and take possession OF their own ac
cord. Move them to the bee stand as c CO.. a[1
as they enter, and not later than the same
evening or the next morning. as thev i'm
medlately mark the locality and y0to WorI,
II several stormy days ensue. feed them m.
they will starve IL u
When bees are moved less than two o1.
IAree miles during the working season
Keep Ine entrance closed until the latter
part Of the day: then place sometbin% u,
'front.' 10 cause them to notice a change i'm
Ihelr position. With these precautions
nave known about two quarts of bees from
tnfee SWarmS to 20 nearly two miles tn
their former location.
IWenty-one days after the first swarm
leaves hive about all the brood will he |
1 ld' and the new queen will not have |
u o.ep3 many eggs. This viii furnish |
Sood opportunity to take out honey or old |
COMP, II such work is considered necessary |
md the best remedy for bee stings, is |
TO scratch or pinch the wound with the i'm |
ger and thumb nails or bite and suck the |
poison out before it gets into the blood. If |
TINS IS instantly done but little swelling
will be noticed
when bees get to stealing honey out of
!he cellar or other places, close the room so
it will be quite dark, but leave space for the
robbers to escape Bees remainina in
honey boxes that are taken off can be treated
in a similar manner.
When taking honey from stand of bees
II the honey gets to running, tip the hive
sutflclently to prevent the honey flowing ON
the brood. q :, 0''
FAR1IINGToN, March 2S, 1889.