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laths or stripes of wood, that were inserted among the combs to make 
them more firm, should be takem out also. After all this is done the bottom 
board should be fastened with the four nails, and the front and rear board 
set in the ledges. The hive should then be returned to its stand, and 
in the manner as mentioned: before, against cold protected. 
5. Treatment of Mobil Hives and Nuclei. 
When the mobil hives and nuclei arrive, they should for some hours 
be placed in a cool and dark place or cellar. This for the purpose of pa- 
cifying and resting the bees. In the evening, if possible in the open air, 
they should be brushed or shaken into the destined hives. If some of the 
bees fly away, they will return later to the colony. It is advisable to put 
in the new hives a comb with brood and some honey. The same can be 
done with the foundation. The queen is free among the bees, because it is 
better in every respect to leave her in the colony for the time of traveling. 
It is not practical, bees shipped in mobil hives and nuclei on frames, 
to translodge immediately after the arrival. This would be accompanied 
by a great loss of bees. It is better to put up the shipping cases on the 
same stands where the new hives will be placed. They should be left for 
some days in this position, the bees flying from the entrances that were 
made in the shipping cases. The later should be warmly covered. Only 
after 5—8 days the transfering of the frames from the cases to the new 
hives should be done, and this on a warm day towards the evening. 
The mailed queens should be introduced into the new colonies to- 
wards the evening after the day of their arrival, and according to the 
printed directions that are printed on the under side of the wooden cover 
of each mailing cage. The greatest possible precaution should be taken, 
when a queen should be introduced to a colony that fora longer time was 
queenless and without brood. Such colonies, as a rule, refuse to accept 
a queen. 
6. Translodging of Bees and Combs from Carniolan 
Original to Mobile Hives. 
As stated before, it would be unpractical and harmful if the Original 
hives were immediately after their arrival, cut out and the combs and 
bees translodged to mobil hives. If the keeping of the original hives for 
years is considered impossible, then the work of cutting and transfering 
the combs and bees to mobil hives should take place after the swarming 
season. After the queen has begun the laying of eggs, and the colony does 
not show any capped brood — then the proper time for cutting has arrived 
