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MOVING A COLONY INTRODUCING A 



QUEEN. 



A beginner asks the following 

 questions: 



1. "What is the best method of 

 moving a colony of bees about fifty 

 yards? It is not convenient to 

 move it inch by inch, as is recom- 

 mended, for several reasons.'' 



The "inch by inch" method is 

 rather tedious, even where there 

 are no obstructions to interfere 

 with its practice, in moving a dis- 

 tance of fifty yards. Where but 

 one or two colonies are to moved, 

 we know of no better plan than this: 

 Set all frames containing unsealed 

 brood, queen and nearly all the bees 

 into another hive-body and place 

 it upon the stand where it is 

 desired to have it remain; leaving 

 but a few frames of comb with 

 honey and sealed brood upon the old 

 stand. In the evening of the second 

 day carefully transfer the old hive 

 also to the new location and, having 

 its bottom board removed, set it upon 

 the hive first removed. If a board 

 or other object is set against the 

 front of the hive, causing the bees 

 to note their new location upon 

 first starting out in the morning, 

 but few bees will be lost. 



2. "To introduce a queen from 

 another colony in the same yard, is 

 it necessary to have an introducing 

 cage and candy, as with a queen 

 received by mail?" 



If the queenless colony has no 

 unsealed brood, perhaps the sim- 

 plest method is to set the frame 

 upon which the queen is, with ad- 

 hering bees, as well as two or three 

 other frames from her colony — bees 



