. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. FIG. if very weak, in threes. If the weather keeps fine, and they are flying most days, then it will be necessary to move them not more than one yard per day on those days only when they are flying. The pairs should be arranged so that a minimum of movement is necessary, that is pairs or. FIG. 3. threes should be made up of those stocks in close proximity to each other. So that the operation may be understood clearly, I will give four simple illustrations. Fig. 1 shows the hives standing side by -side after moving. Now remove all combs not
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. FIG. if very weak, in threes. If the weather keeps fine, and they are flying most days, then it will be necessary to move them not more than one yard per day on those days only when they are flying. The pairs should be arranged so that a minimum of movement is necessary, that is pairs or. FIG. 3. threes should be made up of those stocks in close proximity to each other. So that the operation may be understood clearly, I will give four simple illustrations. Fig. 1 shows the hives standing side by -side after moving. Now remove all combs not covered by bees from each, close up with the division board, and allow them to stand for a few days so that the bees get thoroughly used to their new location. In Fig. 2 it will be seen that each lot has been reduced to five combs. In the even- ing remove the worst queen or queens and cage the best one, remove the divi- sion board and dust the bees on tlie combs with ordinary flour: this can be done with a flour diedger or with the hands. I prefer the latter, having a basin with the flour in it by my side. Do not be afraid to use the flour. The frames are put l)ack well separated, so that after lifting the combs from the other hive and dusting the bees, they can be interspaced (see Fig. 3) ; the empty hive is now taken right away, and the one which stood on the left (Fig. 4) and which can be recog- nised by having a cone escape in the roof, is left for all the bees to enter. At the end of twentj'-four hours the queen is released. The o))ject of bringing the hives togetlier gradually is that bees. 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 London
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