The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-08

general, simply to wait a bit. The and rushing about to get tin pans, din- ner gongs, spraying outfits. etc., aside from its disagreeableness, may get one so excited and into such persplra- tion as to unfit him to do with the bees that which is likely to be necessary a few minutes later. They will probably gather in clump on a tree or bush | near the apiary, and however formid- able getting them into the hive may at l first seem, nothing will be simpler than shaking them into their new hive, or may be poured in front of the hive. just | as one would pour out measure or | wheat or beans. If any stick to the basket or box, invert 1t and give a the ground. If the hive has been standing in the shade so that the boards composing 1t are not heated, If ventilation be given above and below, 1 the bees are almost certain to take possession at once and begin work act ively.
 The securing of swarms can be l made. however, even simpler than this by having the colonies placed several feet apart on a smooth lawn or door yard and clipping one wing of each l laying queen so as to prevent her fly ing. The prime or first swarm from each hive Is accompanied by the old of course fall from the alighting board | to the ground and may be secured in cage. The bees will circle about a few times and return. Meanwhile the only thing for the attendant to do is l to replace the parent colony by an | empty hive. The returning bees will enter the latter and the queen may be 1 allowed to go with them, the cage be- ! ing placed with its open end directly l against the entrance to insure this. 1 The swarm is thus made to hive itself. stand a rod or more away will rarely l give a second swarm. But to make certain all queen cells except one may be cut out any time within few days after the issuance of the first swarm. | Each afterswarm (second, third, etc l it should be borne in mind. Is accom- J panied by one or more unimpregnated | queens. and these must not be clipped l until they have flown out and mated. The regular deposition of eggs in l worker cells may nearly always be re- taken place. Eggs will usually be found in such cells within the first ten l days of the queens life. After-swarms may remain in the air, circling about | cluster high-a good reason, in addi- ton to the more important fact that 1 their issuance is not consistent with l the production of the most surplus honey, for the prevention of all after | swarming.
 | Where an increase of colonies is de- l sired, and in case no one can be near | the apiary to care for natural swarms | with clipped queens, some one of the l artificial methods of forming new col onies may be advantageously employ | ed. Natural swarmlng is, however, to l be preferred to poor system of ar | tificial increase. And no matter which | of the artificial methods be adopted, 1t l should be cautiously followed, lest un- 1 favorable weather appearing suddenly, | considerable labor and expense be in- cured to prevent disastrous results. It is also of prime importance not to l weaken materially the gathering pow | CTS of strong colonies just at the open ing of the harvest or during it's pro- gross; hence. whatever division takes l place then must leave the field force the gatherers, in one mass and in nor nal condition for work, that is, not dis | couraged by being queenless, and not overbardened by having brood without | a sufficient number of nurse bees 10 | care for 1t.
 A plan which fuIfilIs these condi
 tions is the following: From pop herring bees and the queen may be taken and placed in new hive, which, when other frames with starters have | been added, is then to be put on the stand of the populous colony from which the combs were taken The re- moved colony is to be taken a rod or more from it's old stand, so that the flight of bees returning from the field will enter the newly established col ony. The old colony may be given laying queen or mature queen cell Ia work in a short time. better plan, though. not so quickly completed, Is to take from the populous colony only | enough bees and combs to make fair | nucleus on a new stand. queen is easily and safely introduced into this nucleus, or a queen cell is readily ac- | cepted a day or two later. As soon as the young queen has begun egg laying, combs of emerging brood may be add ed from time to time These may be obtained from any populous colonies able to check, the bees adhering to them when they are removed being in all instances brushed back into their cleus will soon be able to build combs and may be given frames of comb ffun- dation, or, If the queen be of the Cur rent years raising, frames with nar- be inserted. since all combs construct ed by the nucleus will be composed Of worker cells.
 Prevention of SwarmIng.
 Under the conditions most frequent ly occurring, however-that is, where 1t is not practicable to be present at son, or where the desired number of colonies has been attained-a system of management is advisable which in general contemplates the prevention, of swarms without at the same time interfering with honey storing.
 The most commonly practiced and easily applied preventive measure is that of giving abundant room for stor- age of honey. This to be effective should be given early in the season. be- fore the bees get fairly into the swarm ing notion, and the honey should be removed frequently. unless additional empty combs can be given in the case of colonies managed for extracted honey, while those storing in sections should be given additional supers be- fore those already on are completed. With colonies run for comb honey it is not to easy to keep down swarmlng as In those run for extracted honey and kept supplied with empty comb. Free ventilation and shading of the hives as soon as warm days come will also tend toward prevention. Opening the hives once or twice weekly and de | stroying all queen cells that have been commenced will check swarming.-F. Benton, in Farm and Ranch.
 { How to XIII Bermuda.
 This Is in answer to a request made | to Farm and Ranch of How to Kill Bermuda This is not the best time of year to attack Bermuda. the hot. dry weather Is the best. However, as from the description of the ground the I