HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR PROFIT 



the entrance of the old hive, and with a stick 

 begin to pound on its sides. 



Renew the smoke every four or five minutes, 

 and keep up the drumming, and the bees will 

 soon begin to go up into the new hive body, 

 and in a half hour or so most of the bees will 

 be up there, with the queen. 



In a few days take off the lid of the new hive, 

 and if you find that many of the bees are there 

 and the queen has laid her eggs in the new 

 combs, give the old box another smoking and 

 pounding to drive up the rest, and in about 

 a half hour you are ready to remove the new 

 hive from the top, containing as it does the 

 queen and most of the bees. To do this 

 properly and to be sure of getting all the bees, 

 lift the old hive to one side and, placing the 

 bottom board of the new hive on the stand 

 formerly occupied by the old hive, gently lift 

 the new hive, bees and all, from the top of the 

 old one and place it in position on the bottom 

 board on the old stand. The old hive can be 

 placed to one side of the new one not more 



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