NfAHCH 1. 1915 



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Yellow box-tree on left and white ivonl ark gum-tree on right, near Mr. 



apiary near Stowell. 



Liddle's Myrtle Bank 



TKANSFEREING MADE EASY 



BY LLOYD A. JONES 



" Got any bees in box hives? " 



" Yep, and I reckon I'll let 'em stay too. 



1 hain't goin' to rip off a side of them hives 



with the bees in "em, and cut out the combs 



and lit 'em to frames, and git all daubed up 



with honey, and git half carried to eternity 



l)y stings." 



Wise old man that, who makes such a 



statement when advised to transfer bees by 



cutting out the combs and fitting them to 



frames. Rut let me give you a little less 



complicated way, old man, which is also a 



little cleaner, easier. 



and quicker. You have 



jirobably heard some 



one speak of the Hed- 



don method. The firs 



thing is to get a goon 



liive with frames, and. 



if i)0ssible, four or five 



(ir even si.\ frames of 



<-omb in wiiich the 



bees died the previous 



w i n t e r. Put these 



frames with drawn 



comb into the new 



hive, and insert a division-board close to the 

 outer frame. Go to the box hive, loosen it 

 from the bottom-board, invert it, and place 

 over it a box eight or nine inches deep and 

 just tlie right size to rei't on the box hive 

 and leave no bee-spaces. 



Take two sticks and practice your Satur- 

 day-night drum part in the band on the 

 sides of the hive. Afler drumming four or 

 five minutes take off the hiving-box; carry it 

 to the new hive, and dumji your bees in 

 fi'ont of the entrance. Now put on your 



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•II at Mr. Twiddle's apiary. 



