 ... to resent the aggression, or to enter the room. Having placed the straw upon the charcoal, and holding the dish close 'to the mouth of the hive, he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, but removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent...  The Horticultural Register - Page 201833Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1832 - 632 pages
...close to the mouth of the hive, he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, but removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent it burning the...sickle, cut down the combs nearest to him, which were received into a dish previously slidden underneath them, and left undisturbed about one-third of the... | |
 | 1836 - 284 pages
...close to the mouth of the hive, he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, but removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent it burning the...quenched the flame before he employed it again. A-lmost stilled by the smoke, the bees hurried through the outer door with such rapidity that the hive was... | |
 | William Moorcroft, George Trebeck - Asia, Central - 1841 - 526 pages
...close to the mouth of the hive, he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, but removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent it burning the...of its inhabitants within a few minutes, when the farmer introducing the sickle, cut down the combs nearest to him, which were received into a dish previously... | |
 | William Moorcroft, George Trebeck - Asia, Central - 1841 - 526 pages
...with such rapidity that the hive was cleared of its inhabitants within a few minutes, when the farmer introducing the sickle, cut down the combs nearest to him, which were received into a dish previously slidden underneath them, and left undisturbed about one-third of the... | |
 | 1842 - 488 pages
...close to the mouth of the hive, he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, and removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent it burning the...of its inhabitants within a few minutes, when the farmer introduced the sickle, cut down the combs nearest to him, which were received into a dish previously... | |
 | Edward Balfour - India - 1871 - 1174 pages
...close to the mouth of the. hive he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, but removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent it burning the bees, and quenched the feme before he employed it again. Almost stifled by the smoke, the bees borried through the outer door... | |
 | Asia - 1832 - 600 pages
...close 'to the mouth of the hive, he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, but removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent it burning the...of its inhabitants within a few minutes; when the farmer, introducing the sickle, cut down the combs nearest to him, which were received into a dish... | |
 | Great Britain - 1847 - 508 pages
...close to the mouth of the hive, he blew the smoke strongly against the combs, but removed the straw the instant it took fire, to prevent it burning the...the smoke, the bees hurried through the outer door vith such rapidity that the hive was cleared of its inhabitants within a few minutes, when the farmer,... | |
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