The apiary; or, bees, bee-hives, and bee culture [1865]: Being a familiar account of the habits of bees, and the most improved methods of management, with full directions, adapted for the cottager, farmer, or scientific apiarian — John Shaqi
The apiary; or, bees, bee-hives, and bee culture [1865]: Being a familiar account of the habits of bees, and the most improved methods of management, with full directions, adapted for the cottager, farmer, or scientific apiarianNeighbor, Alfred
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The apiary; or, bees, bee-hives, and bee culture [1865]: Being a familiar account of the habits of bees, and the most improved methods of management, with full directions, adapted for the cottager, farmer, or scientific apiarian
Having now, we will suppose, procured your swarm, and having placed
it in a south or south-east aspect, you may with advantage, if the
weather be wet, give a little liquid food; the feeding in this hive
is performed at the top of stock-box, where the glass is worked. Our
round Feeding Pan or the new Feeding-Bottle may here be used. Any fancy
as to the position may be indulged in, but must be settled on by the
time the bees are set at liberty, because any alteration afterwards
is detrimental to the working of the hive. The bees on first issuing
forth, carefully mark their new abode and the surrounding objects,
so that if a change be made, they are completely thrown out in their
observations, which confuses them not a little, and occasions loss.
Bees always return to the same spot; it is the locality that they know,
and if the hive is moved a less distance than a mile, thousands return
to the spot on which the hive has been accustomed to stand.
Allow your bees to collect honey and build their combs for ten days or
a fortnight. Much now depends on the weather; if fine, by this time
they will require additional room, which will be indicated by the
thermometer D rapidly rising; 100 degrees is the swarming point, the
hive must be kept below this by ventilation.
Access must now be given to the flat bell-glass at the top, which
is done by withdrawing the top slide. In a few hours, sometimes
immediately, the work of comb-building begins in the glass--all the
sooner, if a piece of clean empty comb be placed therein.
It is of service to keep the glass warm by means of a worsted or baize
bag, it prevents the temperature from falling at night when much
comb-building is carried on, providing the heat is not allowed to
escape. Probably, if all goes on well, in three weeks the glass will be
found to be filled with fine white honey-comb. When you find that the
comb is well sealed up, it is time to take it off, but if the cells
are unfilled and unsealed, let the little labourers complete their
work--a little experience will soon enable the bee-keeper to determine
this point.
The plan to be adopted for taking glasses of honey-comb is the same as
described for hive No. 1, page 21.
TAYLOR'S AMATEUR SHALLOW BOX OR EIGHT BAR HIVE. No. 3.
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