. Gleanings in bee culture . )aces for the l)ees and queen to pass al)ovetlnough. Box hives, or hives with immo\-able covers, are inverted ami transferred inthe same way. The l)rood-nest of combs that we wantedto transfer these bees into was now set uponthis inverted hive, and in a week we foundthat the (pieen had taken jiossession tried three ])lans to get the(|ueen aV)ovethe excluder, in dilferent colonies. Duringthe middle of warm days the (pieen is mostlikely to be exi)anding the brood-nest, andis then more ai)t to go above. We foundthat, if we began looking for the (jueen whileth
. Gleanings in bee culture . )aces for the l)ees and queen to pass al)ovetlnough. Box hives, or hives with immo\-able covers, are inverted ami transferred inthe same way. The l)rood-nest of combs that we wantedto transfer these bees into was now set uponthis inverted hive, and in a week we foundthat the (pieen had taken jiossession tried three ])lans to get the(|ueen aV)ovethe excluder, in dilferent colonies. Duringthe middle of warm days the (pieen is mostlikely to be exi)anding the brood-nest, andis then more ai)t to go above. We foundthat, if we began looking for the (jueen whilethe new hive was still over the old one, thei[ueen would gel frightened and run downbelow: so now we quietly lift the u])per in Xo. 4. and set it on an empty l)odywhile we are looking for the (jueen. Thesecond ])lan was to lift otT the U])i)er bodyquietly, as Ijefore; but instead of looking forthe ({ueen, we i)lace an excluder on the hiveas in Xo. 5, then set the body back on as in i^rf^^r*^. »t^] FIG. TOWXSKXD CONSTDKRS A WHEELBAKROW THEFOR CONVEYING HIVES AND COMB«. MOST PRKTKAE INIICANS 338 Gleanings in Bee Culture
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