. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. - -i-i^-J^r^'- ? Fig. 7.—Carrying a smoker with the little flng-er when the hands are full. very bad plan. Yery often colony after col- ony can be opened, especially when the bees are working, without the use of smoke; but at the same time it is well to have a smoker near at hand. It is not considered good practice to smoke bees out of comb-honey supers, as they are frightened at the smell of smoke, and, in their desire to save honey
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. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. - -i-i^-J^r^'- ? Fig. 7.—Carrying a smoker with the little flng-er when the hands are full. very bad plan. Yery often colony after col- ony can be opened, especially when the bees are working, without the use of smoke; but at the same time it is well to have a smoker near at hand. It is not considered good practice to smoke bees out of comb-honey supers, as they are frightened at the smell of smoke, and, in their desire to save honey, uncap some of the cells and thus spoil the appear- ance of what might otherwise be fancy honey. In looking for a queen, use little or no smoke, as it is very easy to set the bees running all over the combs, making it next to impossible to locate the queen. At such times the frames should be handled slowly. Fig. 8.—Holding a smoker between the knees while manipulating frames. and carefully, the bee-keeper doing nothng to disturb or excite the bees. Fig. .5 shows the most natural way of holding the smoker when the cap is opent d. A better hold is secured with the left hand if the bellows is compressed as shown. Take hold of the coiled-wire handle with the right hand and it will be seen tliat the c;ip can be raised very easily without the least. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Root, A. I. (Amos Ives), 1839-1923; Root, E. R. (Ernest Rob), 1862-1953. Medina, Ohio, The A. I. Root Company