HIVE MANAGEMENT 105 



the swarm issues'?" This hive should be 

 turned at right angles to the new hive so 

 that any field bees that are out in search 

 of supplies will enter the new hive and not 

 the old one. After two or three days the 

 parent hive is turned part way back so 

 that its entrance is closer to that of the 

 new one. In a day or two the parent is 

 moved still more so that it stands along- 

 side the hive occupied by the '* swarm." 

 A few days later the parent colony is 

 opened and most of the bees are shaken in 

 front of the "swarm." Then the parent 

 hive is moved entirely away and allowed 

 to build up its strength either for a fall 

 flow or for the next season. So the bees 

 really do accomplish what they set out to 

 do, namely, establish a new colony, but 

 they do it in such a way that their owner 

 reaps a profit from their work. 



