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new hive and left there for twenty-one clays. 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 as the queen is liable to run be- 

 low. If, on examination, it is found tliat the queen has not commenced 

 working in the new hive, the excluder must, of course, be removed and 

 replaced after the queen ascends. Supers may be added to the new hive 

 as required and work proceeds normally. The success of this plan de- 

 pends on getting the queen to asceud and commence working in the new 

 hive and, after that is accomplished, in preventing her return to the box- 

 hive. After the queen has been established in the upper new hive and 

 when the queen-excluder is in position close up all outside entrances to 

 the old box-hive and provide entrance to the new hive by inserting 

 wedges between the two hive-bodies. A sloping alighting-board, extend- 



Fig. 6. Month later, bees removed from box-hive and the entrance closed (original;. 



ing from the new entrance to the ground, will aid the bees in making a 

 speedy entrance. Twenty-one days after the queen-excluder is placed be- 

 tween the hives, with the queen above, all the worker-bees will have 

 emerged from their cells in the box-hive. 



Prepare an escape-board by tacking a strip of wood just over the 

 edge of the circular hole in the bee-escape. This strip is to aid the bees 

 in climbing up to the Porter bee-escape. Place the board with bee-es- 

 cape upside down between the hives in place of the queen-excluder. Two 

 days after the escape has been placed between the hive bodies all the 

 bees will have gone above and the old box can be broken up and the 

 combs rendered into wax. 



The Guernsey method is one of the best if the colonies are strong and 

 no disease exists. Weak or diseased colonies should be treated by other 

 methods. 



