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A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



When the apparatus is in use the super is placed 

 within the box (of course in such a position that the Bees 



Fig. 62. 



can leave it), and the lid closed down. The imprisoned 

 Bees will soon be attracted to the only light — that which 

 comes through the traps ; here they will easily pass out, 

 one at a time, by pushing the pin outwards, which each 

 time drops, and effectually prevents the entrance of 

 robbers. 



Traps are also made on the same principle, having thin 

 plates of talc or horn hung on a wire, and made to fall 

 like the perpendicular pin described above, such as 

 Aston's Bee Trap. (Fig. 62.) In lieu of placing the 

 supers in a box, the super chamber of the hive might 

 be fitted with a Bee Trap (closed by a shutter when not 

 in use), then it would only be necessary to shut off the 

 communication with the hive below, and leave the Bees 

 to make their exit at their leisure. 



