. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. Moving bees. 173 MOVING BEE!:5. be successfully moved a short distance, by moviiiK all the liives. and preservinR their respective positions with ri't'erence to eacli other. Carrying liees into the cellar lor sev- eral days or a week will nsnally wean them from their location, so tliat tliey may tlien be located anywhere: but this plan is ob- jectionahle, insoninch as the colony is jire- vented, for that lengtli of time, from doing any work in the field, and this is (inite an item in the height of
. The A B C of bee culture: a cyclopaedia of every thing pertaining to the care of the honey-bee. Moving bees. 173 MOVING BEE!:5. be successfully moved a short distance, by moviiiK all the liives. and preservinR their respective positions with ri't'erence to eacli other. Carrying liees into the cellar lor sev- eral days or a week will nsnally wean them from their location, so tliat tliey may tlien be located anywhere: but this plan is ob- jectionahle, insoninch as the colony is jire- vented, for that lengtli of time, from doing any work in the field, and this is (inite 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 nnelens 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 tliey liave been confined to the hive for several weeks by cold weather. Bees moved in the sprini; seldom go back to their old i|uaiters. for they generally take tlieir location wlien 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. AVhere the new location is a mile or more distant they can be moved any time, and I have known them to be moved oidy half a mile, without any noticeable number going back to their old locality. If bees are to be moved during hot weather, gieat care should be used that they be not smothered and their combs melted down by tlie intense lieat that is generated where they have an insutlicient quantity of air. After many mishaps in shipping bees in the snnuuer time, we have now decided on covering l)oth the top ami bottom of the Siiui)licity hive with wire cloth. When thus prepared we have never had any t
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