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SKEP COMB
SHOWING AND BEES
The skep turned upside down gives a full view of the combs filled with honey. The bees rush up in countless numbers to see why their palace has been inverted.
/ SMOKING OUT THE BEES FROM SKEP INTO BASKET
The , bee-k e e p e r smokes the bees to sooth them. He then attaches to the skep a basket into which he drives the bees.
■An inverted skep of Bees
g ... INSIDE VIEW OF BASKET CONTAINING BEES
The bees, numbering many thousands, have been successfully driven from the skep into the basket, and are now ready for transference to the modern frame hive.
h ... PLACING BEES IN FRONT OF HIVE
The bee farmer shakes the contents of the basket on to the platform of the hive and scoops up the bees with his hands to show them the way into the hive. Directly the bees sec the way there is a general rush for the new home.
/ .. GENERAL VIEW OF A MODERN BEE FARM
The bee fanners are at work amongst the hives. Even the bee fanner is not insecure from stings, and we see one of the farmers hastily replacing the lid of the hive and picking a sting off his nose.
I ... BEE FARMER EXAMINING HIVE
The bee farmer is going through a hive examining each section in turn to see how the bees are doing their work.
k .. FOUNDATION READY TO BE PLACED INTO HIVE
This shows the frame of foundatien ready to be placed in the hive for the bees to work up into combs.
/ ... FOUNDATION WORKED BY BEES
Here the foundation has been worked up into comb by the bees.
m ... BROOD COM'B WITH QUEEN AND WORKERS
The Queen, in the midst of a great mass of worker bees is dropping her eggs into the cells, while the attendants who crowd round her, feed her with dainties to keep up her strength. She needs constant feeding, for she lays from 1,000 to 'J, (Mil) eggs per day.
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