88 BEGINNER'S BEE BOOK 



a week set the old hive on the other side of the 

 new one. The object of this is to get all the 

 young bees as fast as they emerge to go into the 

 new hive with the swarm. After three weeks 

 from the time that the swarm issued all young 

 bees will have emerged and they can then be 

 shaken in front of the new hive with the swarm 

 and the old hive broken up. The old combs can 

 be melted into wax. 



Another way is to set the new hive on top 

 of the old hive at once and not wait for the 

 bees to swarm. The top of the old hive and 

 bottom of the new one should, of course, be 

 removed so that the new hive will serve as a 

 super. Usually the queen will soon go above 

 and begin to lay so that the old hive can be 

 removed from underneath as soon as all the 

 brood has emerged. Sufficient super room 

 should be placed above the new hive to permit 

 the bees to continue to work without crowding 

 the new hive, or they may be slow to begin 



