. Beekeeping in Illinois. Bees; Bee culture. Miscellaneous Techniques in Beekeeping V close the hive. Three or more days later examine the colony again. The queen will be in the brood chamber that has combs with eggs. She is easier to find in a single hive body. Colonies may be divided initially within the same hive by using a double division screen as described on page 71. Place the old queen with about half the combs of brood, mostly unsealed if possible, in the bottom brood chamber. Add an extra hive body with empty combs or combs with some honey if it is needed. Put the double division scr
. Beekeeping in Illinois. Bees; Bee culture. Miscellaneous Techniques in Beekeeping V close the hive. Three or more days later examine the colony again. The queen will be in the brood chamber that has combs with eggs. She is easier to find in a single hive body. Colonies may be divided initially within the same hive by using a double division screen as described on page 71. Place the old queen with about half the combs of brood, mostly unsealed if possible, in the bottom brood chamber. Add an extra hive body with empty combs or combs with some honey if it is needed. Put the double division screen on top of the second body with the entrance facing the rear of the hive. Above it put the second brood chamber containing five or six frames of brood, mostly sealed, and two combs of pollen and honey on each side. This hive body initially should contain about two-thirds of the bees. You may have to shake some extra bees into it from the combs of the bottom chamber (Fig. 52). The older field bees will return to the bottom story leaving the younger bees in the new colony on top. A caged queen should be introduced into the top colony within 2 hours for best results but no later than 24 hours after making the division. After the queen is accepted and laying well, the new colony can be put on a bottom board within the same apiary. Fewer bees will be lost, however, if it is moved at night to a new location 2 or more miles away. Divisions can be made in the same manner directly into a complete second hive. In this case, give the new colony more than half the bees and four to six frames of sealed brood. The hive may be placed near the parent colony. However, it is better to screen the entrance of the new. iShaking bees from a comb into the hive. One or two sharp shakes remove most of the bees with Uttle antagonism if the bees are smoked first. (Fig. 52). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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