The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-06-27
swAaMlNe AND 4lJ!Ne OF BEES
L Successfully Conducted by a Wisconsin
HaeIraener Enr EeNAnteen Yenra.

A. Successfully Conducted by a Wisconsin
peeiteeper For sevtnteen Years.
Bees in small hives will swarm ear
Ter and more in number, other things
being equal. If we wish to control the
warming tendency, and we must. IL we
expect to get good crop Of honey, good
ized hives are better than small ones 1
hink it is better to give them room to
)ccupy just rs soon as the strength Of
he colony will permit- -don't wait un-
Ill your hive is chock full Of bees. By
giving room in advancethey will not be
apt to swarm so early, and when q
swarm comes off it will be very large.
such swarms are A No for making
,omb for extracted honey. Thus writes
correspondent Of The American Bee
| Journal, who describes his methods, as
successfully practiced for the past II
years. He says:
A record should be kept of the date
If the swarming, because in seven or
eight days we must go through the par
ent hive and dispose Of all the surplus
queen cells, as only one queen is neces-
sary for each colony. At such times the
opportunity is good to supersede poor
stock with good If the surplus queen
cells are not cut out, there will nearly
always be several after swarms, which
are very annoying and Improbable, un-
less we want increase. By managing
thus, you have only doubled your stock,
and your bees should be in prime order
TO get honey. 1t is nice to have some
small, smooth trees near by but they
should not be allowed to get over about
IL feet high, for the bees TO cluster on.
No large trees should be near the apiary.
II you have no trees, just go to the
woods and cut some and put in front Of
the apiary about two rods. Put down
as you would hop pole. The bees will
cluster ON them, and you can pull and
carry the swarm where you choose.
When you first see a swarm coming
out, go to the hive, stand beside it and
see if the queen is able to fly with the
swarm. If not, you will find her on the
ground If she is not yet able to fly,
place her in cage quickly and put her
with the swarm, or else remove the old
hive out of the way and place new
empty one ON the old stand. Place the
queen in it, and the swarm will hive
themselves, although care should be
taken and not let them go into other
J hives, us they sometimes will
Now when the queen flies with the
J swarm, If you wish them to alight
quickly, don't get in their way nor in.
terrupt them, unless they should move in
, | t.,
: that case sprinkle with water or scatter
: dust among them. The first or prime
/ swarm will rarely ever try to run away
if properly treated. / use light box on
| pole about 10 feet long. The box is
l like an old fashioned box hive, with
one end open and lots of holes bored in
it for swarm catcher. When about two
quarts Of bees have clustered, put the box
Z up and shake them in and turn the opeI
: end out so the others can fly in. Yor
2 can just lean the box up against the tree
Q if the pole is the right length and pre-
d pare the hive if not ready. Right here
: let me say the hive must be large enough
= so the bees will have reasonable room
= and the entrance large enough, and TIN
y hive must be we'll shaded, or they viii
n not stay.
t When the bees are all settled in tn
g box, you can carry them where you wish
Q To hive them take the top Of the hiv
Q OFF and the queen excluder and put
i quart or two in to start them. Put tn
: excluder and covers ON carefully ant
8 shake some in front Of the entrance
o They will soon go in. You can hurr,
IS them up by brushing them carefully
II When you pour some of the bees out, holt
e the box out of the way, or it will draw
IS them to it. Gently tapping the hiv
d will help to get them in. You can pu
IS sections ON Immediately or extracting
e super over queen excluding hone
board. Should the bees be very eros
while sYPrming, the smoker is the bes
remedy.