. Transferring of bees. Bees. trouble. There probably will be a young queen among the last lot of bees in the box-hive, and if the beekeeper has any queenless colonies this young queen can be introduced where needed; otherwise take no notice of her and she will probably succeed her mother in the new hive providing a young queen as head of the colony. After the bees have all been drummed out, remove the combs, extract the honey, render combs into beeswax and use the box-hive for kindling. The Self Transfer Method.* At a time when the box-hive is crowded with bees, usually during the fruit bloom
. Transferring of bees. Bees. trouble. There probably will be a young queen among the last lot of bees in the box-hive, and if the beekeeper has any queenless colonies this young queen can be introduced where needed; otherwise take no notice of her and she will probably succeed her mother in the new hive providing a young queen as head of the colony. After the bees have all been drummed out, remove the combs, extract the honey, render combs into beeswax and use the box-hive for kindling. The Self Transfer Method.* At a time when the box-hive is crowded with bees, usually during the fruit bloom and dandelion period or early June, the transfer is com- menced. The beekeeper provides a hive-body containing one frame of. A Box-Hive Apiary. unsealed brood, if available, placed midway between a, sufficient number of frames of drawn comb or full sheets of foundation to fill the hive-body. The cover of the box-hive is then removed and the new hive-body, with brood and combs, or foundation, placed on top with an entrance in the box-hive only. In a few days, usually, the queen will be found laying in the upper or movable frame hive-body; but if foundation only is used, it may be a week or two before the queen comes up. As soon as the bee- keeper is sure the queen is in the upper hive-body, a queen excluder is placed between the box-hive and the new hive and left there for twenty- one days. When examining for the queen, it is a good plan to slip the excluder between the two hive-bodies before disturbing the bees very much, or the queen is liable to run below. If, on examination, it is found that • tfsed with great success by Mr. A. H. Guernsey, Ionia, 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 Millen, F. Eric. Toronto, Ont.
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