. The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture. d is sunken and in some instances perforated, showing-brown and ropy contents in the bottoms of the cells, and the putridodor is present, the existence of foul brood (Bacillus alvei Cheshire) ispretty certain. This is a scourge much to be dreaded. Not onlyshould no hives or colonies be purchased from the same apiary, but none in the vicinity of anapiary so affected. MOVING BEES. In moving bees the boxhives should be turned bot-tom upward, the bees drivenback by blowing a littlesmoke on them, and a fewloose rolls of rags laid acithe lower
. The honey bee: a manual of instruction in apiculture. d is sunken and in some instances perforated, showing-brown and ropy contents in the bottoms of the cells, and the putridodor is present, the existence of foul brood (Bacillus alvei Cheshire) ispretty certain. This is a scourge much to be dreaded. Not onlyshould no hives or colonies be purchased from the same apiary, but none in the vicinity of anapiary so affected. MOVING BEES. In moving bees the boxhives should be turned bot-tom upward, the bees drivenback by blowing a littlesmoke on them, and a fewloose rolls of rags laid acithe lower edges of the combsin such a manner that apiece of sheeting, preferably cheese cloth orother open material may betied over the whole lower end and drawn tightly, so as to pressthe rolls against the combs and hold them in place. It is evenwell to tack strips of lath outside of the covering, so placed thatthey will cross the rolls of rags and press the latter more firmly againstthe lower edges of the combs. Strips may also be tacked around the. Fig. 19.—Frame hive prepared lor transportation. (Orig.) 38 MANUAL OF APICULTURE. lower edges of the liive to hold the cloth in place, or it maybe fastenedby winding with strong cord. The bees should be thus prepared aslate in the day as possible, care being taken that none escape, and atdusk stood bottom upward in a spring conveyance or on straw or hayseveral inches deep in the box of a wagon, with straw packed betweenand around the hives. It is advisable to drive slowly, avoiding ruts asmuch as possible. By turning the hives bottom upward the weight ofthe combs rests on their points of attachment, and since in such hivesthe combs are not always attached well down the sides danger of break-age is lessened, especially when the rolls of cloth are pressed againstthe edges of the combs. If the bees are in frame hives, the frames ofwhich have not been disturbed recently, it is likely that, with care in
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