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super placed on it, and the entrance closed with wire cloth some- 

 what as a hive-entrance is closed for hauling (Fig. 72). Then 

 over the super is- thrown what Root's " A B C of Bee Culture " 

 has been pleased to call the Miller tent-escape {Fig. 73). (Later 

 on I'll tell how it's made.) When p. second super is brought to 

 the pile, the escape is kicked off, the super placed on the pile 

 and the escape thrown over it. When the pile becomes too high 

 to kick off the escape, it is shoved off with the hand, but still 

 allowed to fall to the ground, and afterward picked up. 



Fig. 66 — Colony at left treated for swarnv'iuj. 



The bees can now make their exit through the top of the 

 escape at their leisure, and from time to time those that have 

 gathered on the wire cloth below are allowed to escape. Matters 

 may be hurried up a little by blowing in smoke below. But this 

 is hardly advisable, for the smoke, being more or less confined, 

 is likely to give an unpleasant flavor to the sections. When 

 there is abundance of time for the bees to get out without being 

 hurried, or if the pile is only five or six high, it is better not to 

 have any opening at the bottom of the pile, but to set the first 

 super on a flat surface that admits no light, or right on the 

 grass. 



