292 TRANSFERRING. 



TIME OF DAY. 







The time of day best suited to this purpose is late 

 in the afternoon, or by candle-light. By commenc- 

 ing about one hour before sundown, the operation can 

 be completed before dark. By transferring late in 

 the day or evening, robbers are not so apt to be 

 attracted by the broken honey, which is of great im- 

 portance, for when they once get a start it is difficult 

 to stop their depredations. It also gives the bees 

 time to reorganize, and clean up the honey that is 

 smeared over the combs before the following day. 



TEMPERATURE. 



When the brood is to be handled in the open air, 

 the temperature should be mild. 



PLACE. 



If the operation is performed by day, the bees are 

 driven out in a box and left on the stand where the 

 hive stood. The combs, as they are taken out and 

 freed from bees, should be taken into a room where 

 the temperature is sufficiently warm to prevent a 

 chill of the brood. Placing the combs and honey 

 in a room also precludes the attraction of robbers. 

 When the combs have been arranged as hereafter 

 described, the hive containing them and the bees is 

 set in the same place that the original hive occupied, 

 and the bees hived as a natural swarm. 



