MANAGING BEES. 15 



ber lost when removed. But more of this 

 hereafter. 



When bees are collected in drawers for the 

 purpose of equalizini; colonies, by doubling. 

 &z;c., they should be permitted to stand until 

 evening before they are united, it being a more 

 favorable time for them to become acquainted 

 with each other by degrees ; and the scent ol 

 the bees in the lower apartment will enter 

 through the apertures during the night so much 

 that there is a greater degree of sameness in 

 the peculiar smell of the two colonies, which 

 takes oft' their animosity, if they chance to 

 have any. 



No confusion or noise which is uncommon 

 to the bees should ever be made during their 

 swarming or hiving. The only efiect of noise, 

 ringing of bells, he, that I could ever discov- 

 er, was, to render them more hostile and un- 

 manageable. 



When bees are treated in accordance with 

 their true nature, they are sometimes hostile, 

 which originates from two causes : First, some 

 of them lie out of the hive before swarming. 



