112 BEEKEEPING 



set the new hive. Spread newspaper in 

 front of the hive so that the bees can 

 crawl up to the entrance without having 

 to claw their way through any grass or 

 weeds in front of their new dwelling. 

 Then as quietly as possible remove each 

 frame from the diseased colony and give 

 it a quick downward shake so as to deposit 

 the bees on the newspaper. Repeat this 

 as quickly as possible with each frame in 

 the hive and as quickly as the frames are 

 cleared of bees they must be placed in the 

 empty hive body provided for that pur- 

 pose and the lid should be replaced after 

 each frame is inserted. As soon as all the 

 bees have been shaken in front of their 

 new quarters they should be urged to en- 

 ter the hive by the liberal use of smoke. 

 This too will tend to keep bees from other 

 colonies from investigating the moving 

 day program and hence will avoid any 

 chance of some strange bee carrying a 

 load of infected honey back to his healthy 

 children. As soon as the bees have en- 



