HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



hive, and then quickly turn it upside down 

 and tack a piece of mosquito wire net over 

 the bottom, making sure that no openings are 

 left for bees to escape and make trouble. 



Keep the hive upside down, and in this posi- 

 tion take them home or ship them by express. 

 Under no circumstances allow the bottom to 

 be closed up, as the bees will smother. When 

 the journey is ended, by using a little smoke, 

 to be described later on in this chapter, drive 

 all the bees away from the screen, take it off, 

 and set the hive in proper position on some 

 boards or a large box. 



Do not leave the bees in the old hive, but 

 send away at once to a bee supply house and 

 purchase a complete hive with full sheets of 

 wax foundation wired in the frames, and as 

 soon as it comes transfer the bees automati- 

 cally. 



The best way to transfer is to bore a large 

 hole through the top of the old hive, making 

 it no less than an inch in diameter, and over 

 this is to be placed the new hive without its 



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