96 PROFITABLE BEE-KEEPING 



very strong*, and the body-box solid with brood 

 when the bees are sent to the moors. If there 

 is much room below, most of the crop will be 

 stored there. Should this happen it is practically 

 lost to the bee-keeper, as this honey cannot be 

 extracted in the ordinary way. It is usual to 

 work for sections, and the colonies should be 

 strengthened until there are at least sufficient bees 

 to fill one crate in addition to the brood chamber. 

 Very warm packing is absolutely, necessary, or the 

 bees will not work in the supers. 



It is a great advantage if the apiarist can get 

 his sections drawn out during the clover flow, as 

 this saves valuable time and is true economy. 

 Bees are usually sent to the moors on a light 

 spring cart or dray, in which they should be 

 placed above a good thickness of straw. 



When packing these strong colonies great care 

 must be taken to ensure free ventilation, and the 

 means employed are the same as when sending by 

 rail. The frames should be secured from move- 

 ment by screwing strips of wood over and across 

 the lugs, and the body-box must be secured to 

 the floor-board by screws also. Take out the 

 entrance slides and clo'se the entrance with a piece 

 of wire gauze, and either gauze or cheese-cloth 

 should be stretched over the frames after the re- 

 moval of the quilts. This gives thorough ven- 

 tilation. 



Unless they are needed to accommodate the 

 bees it is best to place the supers in position after 



