The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1913-05-09
TO THE FARMERS
OF TENNESSEE
By Capt TT Peek, cOnnis,iousr .
Agriculture
Transferring In Bee Keep
ing.
By Dr.. J, 5. Ward, State Inspector 4
Apiaries.

AS spring approaches every hes
keeper should be making his pas-
parations for the honey harvest
Extra hives should be purchased.
nailed together and painted, reads
for the swarms as thev come ofs
All frames should be wired an fit
ed with full sheets of foundatioG-
See that the, smoker is in good pa-
pair. and that the bee veil has 40
holes il it. Don't wait until Tic
honey flow is on and the warszss
are coming off tefore you wake 90
and find yourself not ready. Such
neglect will mean the loss of swarnaM
honey, dollars and interest in =
most profitable industry.
/ All the hives should be gone inAs
andscarefully examined. See tlas&
each one has agood queen, whone
wings are clipped and that there p
plenty iof stores to care for the brood
during the early spring weeks.
Should the stores be exhausted ca
light, feed thin syrup of sngm
and water two or three times weekly
But Of all 'wors in the early sprinE
there is none of more iinportanac
than the transferring of all swaruA
or colonies from the old fashionE
hive or guns" 10 TIN modean
mevabie fraee hspS. Don't try ~
keep betts io1t1~"F 1'sum4" They
are not otilF mia fitable. tut =
positive mtipace - aggressive bee
keeping They ar, 4arbo, ng pIac@
for moths and the klul br.aoi 3isea-
Ises They are iAi5shtIy and pre-
.vehb that iiiye fnHh ipui ttioR that KS
niece tsarv for thpb7st honey harvess.
| know that good honey is some.
times obtained from these honae-
made boxes, but oftener it is tJta5k
honey, mixed with bee bread.
worms (aya), and dead bees. WIao
wants the mixture? For if thtre M
no market, and the bees themselves
are usually left SO disturbed, robbed
and depleted in slnres and broo&
that they either perish or dons
good Iii great frirjority Of in
stances you get nothing at all, and
not being able'to Ionkinto the hives
20 give them intelligent attention.
the baes finally die. Who is ID
biamdfbr all Of this, ut the careless,
ipd}ff+tene, 6It fash ior2ol bee kesper
TRANSFER, Mr. Bee Keeper, TF8Ns
.FER. z
There Ire 8hyai4l methods IL
Transferring each Has its odvantdges
and disadvantages The mister
bee keeper viii FOLLOW the method
that best suits his l5cation, tire of
the season, kind Of box transferring
from, etc
The following method as prfnte&
in an old issue Of "Gleaninss in
Bee Culture" isa, good all-roung
method for the novice:
The old-fashioned way was to
prize off the side of the box hive.
cut out the combs and ft them,
after fashioninto the brood frames
This takes a great deal Of time, and
at best it is a sticky, mussy Job, to
say nothing Of the mashed up bees
and stings and finally the result ii
a lot Of patched up. crooked combs.
The combs iL box hives are Usually
50 crooked, 50 old and contain 90
many drone cells that If win be
money inathe pocket to purchase
brood foundations, fasten it into
frames on wires ready to receive ths
transferred colony.
We will assume that your hive
or hives, have been received iq ths
fiat and put together ana painted
and contain frames Of wired foun-
datioh, ready for tls bees. Light
your smoker and put on your bee
veil. Move the old hive back foue
or five feet and put the new one ia
its place. Prepare sm Il box
about eight inches dep ana one