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Title: Gleanings in bee culture
Year: 1874 (1870s)
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Subjects: Bees Bee culture
Publisher: (Medina, Ohio, A. I. Root Co.)
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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;omb cleared of bees for Inspection Fig. 7.—The best way to jar the bees from the com
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Jan. 1, 1!)12 the cell, especiailx after they are three <la\ sold; but the ejigs are harder to distinguishon account of their small size; in fact, theylook like very short bits of white thread at-tached to the far end—that is, the bottom ofthe cell. It is just as well for the beginnerto learn to detect the i)resenc-e of eggs in thecomb, for an evenly arranged patch is pret-ty good proof that the queen has been busy. HOW TO REVKRSE A COMH. A frame has two sides, so you had betterlook at tile other one too. Your most natu-ral impulse will be to cant the frame over;but dont do so; for as you lilt it up to thelevel the weight of the comb is apt to breakit away. Try it thus: Lower one hand, saythe right, until the top Ijar is i)erpendicular(Fig. iS); turn the frame half way round,using the top-bar as a pivot (Fig. 9); thenraise the hand that was lowered (Fig. 10).Your frame is now upside down, with thesecond side toward you. Here is anothermethod that can Vie carried out without apaus

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