Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1911 — Method of Removing Honey. [ARTICLE]

Method of Removing Honey.

In removing comb honey from the hive, the Porter bee escape has proved to be invaluable. The old term for this process was formerly called robbing. As every bee-keeper knows it Is not an easy task to rid the surplus arrangement of bees when he wishes to remove some honey from the hive, bat with this bee escape the thing is done so quickly that not even a flutter is seen among the bees, and it can be done at any time whenever the honey Is ready to come off without danger of robbing. All that is necessary is to slip the escape board between the super and brood nest on each of the colonies before taking the honey. The next morning the supers may be removed off the hives practically free of bees without disturbing the colony below, and the honey will be free of punctures and the smell of smoke.—lndiana Farmer.