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THE BEE-KEEPERS* REVIEW 



Those having Danz frames will have to put ^^-incli blocks in 

 each end of the box to keep the frames from getting out of place, 

 but 'for the Langstrath, or Hoffman frame, blocks in one end will 



be all that are need- 

 ed, but short rab- 

 bets must be cut in 

 the front inside edge 

 of both ends to let 

 the end of the top- 

 bars go in, when 

 the cover being put 

 on the frame will 

 be held securely. 

 The great advantage 

 of this style of de- 

 coy-hive is that to 

 hive a colony cap- 

 tured all one has to 

 do is take out the 

 frame with bees and 

 brood, put it into 

 the hive v\ath the 

 rest of the frames, 

 replace an e m p t y 

 frame in the decoy 

 hive, and the job is 

 done. 



Running out of 

 convenient frames 

 last spring, and hav- 

 ing a few spoiled 

 sections, I set a cou- 

 ple of section hold- 

 ers in the decoy 

 hive I had, wedged 

 the sections in and put it out, later on fixing a few more the same 

 way. I caught one swarm, found it when there was sealed brood 

 in it, cut out the brood and transferred to a hive, and feel now like 

 advising others to use their old sections in this way. I, at this 

 writing, have 100 decoy hives made, shall construct a few more for 

 this season's use, and may have a story to write about it this fall. 

 I have made arrangements with some of my farmer friends to 

 take out each a few decoy-hives, put them up into trees about the 

 farm, and for each swarm brought in I am to give five pounds of 

 honey. This is a mutually advantageous arrangement. The rest 



Just a Little Box; A Few Sections, and Dr. Bonney Catches 

 the Run-Away Swarm. 



