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higher than the front. This operation makes it possible to smoke the 

 bees from beneath. Next place an empty box on top and be sure that 

 the box comes even with the back of the box-hive so that the bees have 

 a continuous wall to climb. Smoke the bees from below and drum on 

 the sides of the hive, near the bottom at first. After drumming a few 

 minutes and using the smoker occasionally, a cluster of bees will be 

 found in the box when it is taken off the box-hive. The bee-keeper should 

 search carefully among the bees in this cluster to see if the queen is 

 present; if she cannot be found in the cluster, shake the bees out in 



Fig. 4. — A few minutes later a large cluster of bees will be found in the box (original). 



front of tbe new hive on a light doth or paper and as the bees enter 

 the hive, watch to see if the queen is among them. 



To succeed with the Heddou method the queen must be drummed out 

 from the box-hive and introduced into the movable-frame hive. If the 

 bee-keeper is not quite sure that he will be able to recognize the queen, 

 he should place a drone-trap at the entrance of the new hive ; in this way 

 he will be certain to find the queen if she is present. 



When the queen and about two-thirds of the bees have been drummed 

 out, turn the box-hive right side up, replace the cover and set it on its 



