THE MODE BY SUFFOCATION. 



the operation as early in the evening as the bees 

 shall be at rest. Revert the full hive, and place an 

 empty one of precisely the same diameter over it ; 

 being fitted, that the bees cannot escape, tie a large 

 sheet or cloth round them where they join. Beat 

 the sides of the full hive with the hand or a stick, 

 in those parts to which the combs are attached, pa- 

 rallel with the entrance. 



The bees alarmed, will all ascend into the new 

 hive in a few minutes, which will be known by a 

 general humming, and the hive may be then placed 

 upon the pedestal. The old hive must be then 

 taken in-doors and the honey-comb cut out secundum 

 artem, and to the proper extent, leaving the bees a 

 winter store, that is, the weight of the hive should 

 not be under eighteen or twenty pounds. Atten- 

 tion should be paid, not to cut into two or three 

 combs at once, but having commenced cutting one, 

 to pursue it to the top of the hive. This business 

 finished, the hive should be inspected and made 

 perfectly clean. It may now be returned to its pe- 

 destal, and the other hive containing the bees being 

 reversed, the old one placed over it> and being so 

 left till morning, the bees will be then found in their 

 native domicile. 



The common mode of destroying bees by SUFFO- 

 CATION, in order to take the whole produce of the 

 hive, is as follows. The easiest method of perform- 

 ing this operation is to dig a hole, in which put a 

 bundle of matches, or pieces of linen impregnated 

 with sulphur, which having ignited, place the hive, 

 covered by a thick cloth, over it late in the evening, 



