AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



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[Please read page 495.] 



Transferring Bees from box- 

 hives virill soon be in ordei". We have 

 many inquiries about it, of which the 

 following is a sample : 



I want to transfer 2 colonies of bees 

 from box-hives. When should it be 

 done? How can I do it? My bees 

 gathered pollen on March 25. — Stella 

 HouGHAND, Boonville, Ind. 



The best time to transfer bees from 

 box-hives to movable-frame hives is just 

 before fruit bloom, when there is but 

 little honey in them. The drumming 

 method, as advised by Mr. James Hed- 

 don, is as follows : 



After getting the new hives ready, and 

 every frame nicely ntted up with foun- 

 dation, proceed to the box-hive and give 

 the bees a little smoke ; next turn the 

 box-hive upside down, and place an 

 empty box on the top of it, large enough 

 to hold a good sized swarm of bees. 



With a stick or hammer, drum on the 

 hive for 15 or 20 minutes, when the 

 greater portion of the bees, including 



the queen, will be in the upper box. 

 Take off the upper box and dump the 

 bees at the entrance of the new hive, 

 and they will all rush in (the old hive 

 should be removed a short distance 

 away, and the new hive placed where 

 the old one stood). 



In a few days the comb foundation in 

 the new hive will all be drawn out, and 

 a good-sized colony of bees will be 

 started. Leave the box-hive where it is 

 for 21 days (generally enough bees re- 

 main at home after the others are taken 

 out to take care of the brood). 



After 21 days every bee is hatched, 

 including all the queen-cells, and as no 

 laying queen is in the hive, it is entirely 

 destitute of brood. To remove the re- 

 maining bees, proceed as before, and 

 then split up the box-hive, and melt or 

 save the combs, whichever you choose. 



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UonTention PVotices. 



COLORADO.— The Spring meeting of the 

 Colorado State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 be held in Golden, Colo., on April 21, 1892. 

 E. B. Porter, Pres. 



H. Knight, Sec. Littleton, Colo. 



ILLINOIS.— The Spring meeting of the 

 Northern Illinois Bee-Keepers' Association 

 will be held at O. Taylor's, at Harlem. TIL. on 

 May 17, 1892. All are cordially invited. 



Cherry Valley, 111. D. A. Fuller, Sec. 



TEXAS.— The 14th annual meeting of the 

 Texas State Bee-Keepers' Association will be 

 held at Greenville. Hunt Co.. Tex., on Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, April 6 and 7. 1892. All 

 interested are invited. A. H. Jones, Sec. 



Golden, Wood Co.. Tex. 



PENNSYLVANIA.— The tenth semi-annual 

 meeting of the Susquehanna Co. Bee-Keepers' 

 Association will be held at Bullard's Hotel in 

 Brooklyn. Pa., on Thursday. May 5. 1892. at 

 10 a.m. All are cordially invited. 



Harford. Pa. H. M. Seeley, Sec. 



OHIO.— The next meeting of the Fayette Co. 

 Bee-Keepers' Association will beheld in the 

 City Hall at Washington C. H.. Ohio. Wednes- 

 day, April 1-3, 1892, commencing promptly at 

 10 a.m. The election of officers, in connection 

 with an interesting programme, will be the 

 business of the day. In view of the fact that 

 the Ohio State Bee-Keepers' Association will 

 hold its next annual meeting at Washington 

 C. H., during the winter of 1892-9.3. we be- 

 speak a good attendance. D. Waters, Pres. 



S. R. Morris, Sec, Bloomingburg, O. 



