. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. TRANSFERRING. 444 TRANSFERRING. four or five feet, and put the new hive in its place. Prepare a small box about eight inches deep having one side open, that will just cover (not slip over) the bottom of the box hive. Turn the old hive upside down; place the hiving-box over it,and then drum on the sides of the hive with a couple of sticks until about two-thirds of the bees pass up into the box. Gently lift off the box contain- ing the
. The ABC and XYZ of bee culture; a cyclopedia of everything pertaining to the care of the honey-bee; bees, hives, honey, implements, honey-plants, etc. ... Bees. TRANSFERRING. 444 TRANSFERRING. four or five feet, and put the new hive in its place. Prepare a small box about eight inches deep having one side open, that will just cover (not slip over) the bottom of the box hive. Turn the old hive upside down; place the hiving-box over it,and then drum on the sides of the hive with a couple of sticks until about two-thirds of the bees pass up into the box. Gently lift off the box contain- ing the bees, and dump them in front of the entrance of the new hive. Make sure the queen is among them, by watching for her as she passes with the rest toward the en- trance. If yon do not discover her, look in- side the hive. When you still fail to find her, drum moie bees from the old hive again until also those in the hiving-box, after which dump it in front of the entrance of the new hive, as before. The smoking is to prevent any fighting on the part of the bees at the second shake, and the entrance-guard will catch the queen or queens that have been raised meantime in the old hive. These one or two, if virgins, should be caught on the perforated metal and given to queenless stocks. Where the old queen in the new hive is valuable she should be caged at the time of making the second drive. If neither the one in the old hive nor that in the new is preferred, perforated zinc need not be used, nor the old queen caged. The work of transferring is now complet-. A FRAME BONE-YARD. you do get her, for, to make the plan a suc- cess, she must enter the yiew hive. Replace the box hive right side up, two feet back of the new one, with its entrance turned at right angles. It still retains about one-third of the original colony, together with all the combs and brood. Allow the old hive to stand at least 21 days, by which time the brood will be hatched out, with the exception of a few drones of
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