170 THE BEE-KEEPER’S MANUAL. 
the drones when these are too numerous; but such 
traps obstruct ventilation, and their use should at the 
least be restricted to about an hour in a day, at the 
time when drones are chiefly issuing forth. The return 
to the hive is made by the regular flight-hole, where 
an interposed ridge just permits of entrance. 
Cheshire’s Swarming Board.—A flat piece of board- 
ing, some three feet square, to be placed on the hive- 
stand for the purpose of transferring a swarm from 
a hiving-skep to the permanent hive. The floor-board 
is removed, the swarming-board taking its place, so 
as to project by half its surface in front of the stand; 
the hive is then propped up upon the part resting 
upon this, when the swarm can be gently emptied 
on to the projecting half. 
Cheshire’s Guide Maker.—A cast, in plaster of Paris, 
for producing embossed wax guides, or comb founda- 
tions (p. 88), beneath the bars of frames. 
Honey Cutters—Kmnives shaped and turned in 
different ways for convenience in cutting out the combs 
from hives. 
