. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. MOVING BEES. i73 MOVING BEES\ be successfully moved a short distance, by moving all the hives, and preserving their respective positions with reference to each other. Carrying bees into the cellar for sev- eral days or a week will usually wean them from their location, so that they may then be loc
. The ABC of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, honey, hives, implements, honey-plants, etc., facts gleaned from the experience of thousands of bee keepers all over our land, and afterward verified by practical work in our own apiary. Bee culture. MOVING BEES. i73 MOVING BEES\ be successfully moved a short distance, by moving all the hives, and preserving their respective positions with reference to each other. Carrying bees into the cellar for sev- eral days or a week will usually wean them from their location, so that they may then be located anywhere; but this plan is ob- jectionable, insomuch as the colony is pre- vented, for that length of time, from doing any work in the field, and this is quite an item in the height of the season. Where we wish to divide a swarm, the matter is very easy, for we can carry our stock where we wish, and start a nucleus of the return- ing bees. The usual way, and by far the easiest where it can be done, is to wait until winter, and move them after they have been confined to the hive for several weeks by cold weather. Bees moved in the spring seldom go back to their old quarters, for they generally take their location when they take their first flight, whether they have been moved or not. Bees can also be moved short distances, in warm weather, by taking them a mile or more, leaving them a couple of weeks, and then bringing them back to the spot where you wish them to remain. This plan, with me, would be too much trouble and expense to be practicable gen- erally. Where the new location is a mile or more distant they can be moved any time, and I have known them to be moved only half a mile, without any noticeable number going back to their old locality. If bees are to be moved during hot weather, great care should be used that they be not smothered and their combs melted down by the intense heat that is generated where they have an insufficient quantity of air. After many mishaps
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