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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



as in swarming (see article on swarming) in a movable comb 

 hive on a full set of frames filled with foundation. They will 

 quickly draw out the foundation, and soon be as strong as before 

 in brood, etc., and will have a set of combs that will leave noth- 

 ing to be desired. If this is done while the bees are gathering 

 rapidly nothing further will be required, otherwise the bees will 

 need to be fed till able to gather sufficient for their needs. In 

 such cases from one and one-half to two pounds should be fed 

 daily. A good time to do such work is during fruit bloom or 

 at the dawn of the white clover harvest. 



In the old box hive there will remain the comb, honey, 

 brood, and some young bees. By leaving this twenty-four days 

 the bees will be all hatched out and may be drummed out as 

 before and united with the other bees after killing the young 

 queen which they have reared. By shaking the bees in front 

 of the hive the queen will be readily found. By using plenty 

 of smoke, and uniting the bees just at night, they are made to 

 accept the situation amiably. 



After this the old honey in the box hive should be extracted, 

 the comb melted up and fashioned into foundation. Mr. Heddon 

 first suggested this valuable improvement in the method of 

 transferring. The only objection to it is the danger of losing 

 the brood by chilling after the removal of so many bees. If the 

 weather is cold, the old hive should be placed in a warm room 

 till the brood has hatched out sufficiently to prevent this. 



The old method of cutting out the 

 combs and removing the brood at once 

 to the frames is expensive of time 

 and does not secure first-class combs. 

 When thought desirable the combs may 

 be fastened in by tacking thin strips 

 of wood on each side of the frames, 

 or wiring sticks in pairs about the frames. (See Fig. 24.) 

 These sticks should be removed in two or three days after the 

 transferring is completed. 



FEEDING. It is often true that flowers cease, either from 

 cold or rain, to secrete nectar, and frequently, generally in fact, 



FIG. 24. 



