THE BEE-KEEPERS' REVIEW 



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%-inch bee-space-side up on a stand from 

 which I have just removed the colony 

 which I wish to manipulate. When to do 

 this work must be left to the judgment of 

 the bee-keeper, but I usually do it about 

 the time when a shaken swarm should be 

 made to prevent swarming. 



Fig-. 2 shows a false bottom made of 

 g-alvanized iron, leaning against, or held 

 up, by a short piece of board, and these 

 two articles are all that are required in 

 my plan for the manipulation of a colony. 

 The false bottom, as I use it for the 

 8-frame hive, is made by cutting a sheet 

 of galvanized iron to measure, 21 inches 



bottom does not fit tight against the bot- 

 tom-board at B, but is drawn a good bee- 

 space back toward A, so that bees run- 

 ning under at A can emerge at B; that is, 

 the false bottom forms a sort of bridge 

 for bees to run under and come out at B. 

 The strip of wood on the back end and 

 upper side of the false bottom at A closes 

 all exit in that direction for the bees, 

 when a brood-chamber is set on the front 

 bottom-board, and the space between the 

 two is closed by dropping in the little 

 board shown in Fig, 2; all egress for the 

 bees from the rear brood-chamber is un- 

 der the false bottom in front. 



Fig-. 3.— Falsa Bottom in Place. 



long- by 12 inches wide, and nailing- to it 

 on the underside pieces of wood -ys inch 

 by J4 inch, and 21 inches long-, one piece 

 being nailed to each of the sides of the 

 iron, as shown in the illustration. 



Across the end of the iron sheet— on 

 what is to be the upper ^side- is nailed a 

 yg inch by % inch strip of wood 12 

 inches long-, which completes the false 

 bottom. 



The short piece of board shown in Fig-. 

 2. is used to lay on the front end of the 

 rear bottom-board, to close up the space 

 between the two brood-chambers, when 

 the manipulation of the hive is completed, 

 as shown in Fig. 4. It is 2 inches by 14 

 inches long-. 



Fig-. 3 shows the false bottom dropped 

 into its place in the front bottom-board 

 of the two shown in Fig. 1. This false 



Fig. 4 shows the arrangement of the 

 hives completed. 



The entrance of the hive marked 1 1 is 

 in the usual place, and is the only place 

 where bees can get into that hive. The 

 entrance to the rear brood-chamber, 

 marked 1, is just in front of the entrance 

 to hive 1 1, and is shown by a dark line 

 in front of the entrance to hive 1 1. This 

 is also the only place where bees can get 

 into or out of the rear brood-chamber. 



Now in practical use I find that very 

 few of the bees which come out from the 

 rear brood-chamber locate the place 

 where they came out, but instead locate 

 the entrance to the front hive. In fact, 

 the hive is "all one to them," as it is to all 

 the bees which fly from either brood- 

 chamber. 



The idea that they would not locate the 



