504 now TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



out half an inch. Now paint the circle black, drive a liook into 

 one end of the board, hang it on a low limb in plain sight from 

 the hives, and you will catch a good proportion of your swarms 

 on them. Uave one in each of four directions. Every swarm 

 clustering on one of these can be hived without dif&cuity, by 

 unhooking the board, putting it down on a sheet, setting the 

 hive over it, and taking the hive, inclosed in the sheet, to the 

 stand. On no account ring bells, drum on pans, shout, shoot, 

 or make any such disturbance. Its only effect can be to drive 

 off the swarm. If they rise high in the air, and make a bee- 

 line away, throw the rays of a looking glass upon them. When 

 they cluster on a limb, jar them off into a basket, and tip them 

 down on a sheet before the hive, which should be propped up 

 to receive them. If they alight on the body of a tree, they can 

 be dipped off with a tin cup and turned on the sheet before the 

 hive. If they do not all go in readily, take a spoon and scoop 

 them in. If a little piece of comb is fastened with wax on the 

 frames, they will usually take- to their new home more readily, 

 and often begin work within an hour. As soon as they are all 

 in, remove to their permanent position. Do not leave them 

 long where they are hived, for some will leave for honey when 

 they discover comb, and will be lost when they return and find 

 the hive gone. We speak of dipping, scooping, jarring, and 

 shaking bees as if they had no stings. Well, bee-keepers per- 

 form all these operations, with no protection, without being 

 Btung. The bees are filled with honey, and will not make an 

 attack. The only danger of attack is from some improvident 

 bee who failed to fill his sac, and is, therefore, ill natured. We 

 advise all who are timid and those who suffer severely from a 

 .sting to wear a bee hat and rubber gloves when handling bees. 

 The bee hat is made by sewing a strip of cloth to the edges 

 of a common stiff brim hat, long enough to button under the 



