THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 421 



as I could until it was settled. So dollars had to count and the uppermost 

 thing all along was to invest the dollars where returns would be quickest 

 and greatest. In other words, the financial end of my business has been 

 well cared for. 



In the bee business experience and capital go well together, and it is 

 best for one not to proceed very far ahead of the others. If either has 

 to go ahead, let it be experience, but if both have to be carried, bee- 

 keeping is poor business. 



With this brief article and what I shall say in the future, I hope to 

 show that bee-keeping is a good, safe and paying business, and one that 

 has a great financial end. There is such a thing as obtaining great riches 

 from it, but to obtain such an end, like most all other lines of business, 

 one must start early in life, before much energy has been wasted. 



Removing Swarm From a Tree. 

 Seven years ago a large swarm left one of my hives, and as they 

 failed to settle I followed them. They were flying low and very slowly. 

 They seemed to be lost, as they changed their course four times. They 

 finally entered a maple tree about ten feet from the ground. The tree 

 was one of a clump of shade trees on a lawn one-half mile from the 

 hive, and as I then knew no way of getting them without injuring the 

 tree, I thought no more about them. 



' Soon after I moved away, but now am back within four miles of 

 the place, and just learned that the bees are still there, so am going to 

 try to get them. 



I intend to take a hive containing a small colony that covers about 

 two frames, and fasten this to the tree with entrance near that of the 

 tree ; then put the bee-escape over the entrance to the tree. Now all 

 that I have read on the subject says to leave the hive in that manner for 

 a month or more before taking ofif the escape; then sulphur the few 

 bees in the tree and let the bees carry the honey to the hive. 



I once had the honey removed from an old box hive by putting a 

 swarm that came from it in a hive on the old stand and connecting the 

 two with a wire-cloth runway. In about a month all the honey had been 

 put in sections in the new hive. Of course, the box hive contained an 

 unmated queen which would have to go through the new hive to be mated, 

 while in this other case both the gum and the hive have a fertilized queen. 



Now I want to ask what would be the result if I would take off 

 the escape in about a week and connect the tree with the hive as in the 

 case of the box hive? Would the bees find their way back into the tree 

 or would they remain in the hive as their home and carry honey from 

 the tree? Would there be time yet this season to get the honey if I 

 leave the escape on until the brood is all hatched? Or what would be 

 the least time after which to remove escape? 



