70 BEEKEEPIKG 



trees is a very old one and was used years 

 ago. You will find it mentioned in 

 Cooper's The Beehunter. 



After lining the bees as above described, 

 the hunter must locate the tree by going 

 into the woods and carefully watching 

 every likely trunk or branch. It requires 

 keen eyesight to do this and the average 

 inexperienced person might pass by a bee- 

 tree a dozen times and never notice it. By 

 keeping the trees between you and the sun 

 it is often possible to see the bees working 

 in and out of a knot hole high above the 

 ground, while with the light at your back 

 they might be almost invisible. 



After the tree is located the next job is 

 to get the bees into a modern hive and 

 this is quite another story. 



The colony may have constructed its 

 nest close to the ground where it can 

 easily be reached by the hunter or it may 

 be located in a hollow branch seventy- 

 five feet or more above the earth. If the 

 tree is on another person 's land it will be 



