AUTUMN MANAGEMENT. 219 
means to be emptied of its tenants may be lifted 
gently from its place soon after dusk, and placed 
over some kind of receptacle. An empty hive, turned 
bottom upwards, might 
answer with a little 
management, but there 
must be no place of 
escape for the bees. , 
The best thing is a 
box or bowl, about ten 
inches square within, 
and four or five inches —~| |... ily | 
deep; with a wide flat ~~ ~"*ee— mamas ee 
rim all round. The box of the fumigator should be 
about two-thirds full of whatever material is em- 
ployed; and a few puffs will cause it to send forth 
smoke abundantly. The first introduction of - the 
smoke will cause an uproar among the bees, which 
will speedily be followed by silence, as they fall down 
from its effect. A minute or two generally suffices 
for this, assisted by striking the sides and top ot 
the hive. When all is quiet, turn up the hive 
(taking care to move it in the direction front and 
back, and not across the combs), and you will have 
received the greater part of its inhabitants in the 
bowl, in a stupefied state and perfectly subdued. 
A portion will remain sticking in the combs, and as 
many of these as possible must be swept with a 
feather into the bowl, where a little more smoke will, 
if needed, keep them quiet in the interim. With a 
frame hive every bee can be transferred by the simple 
extraction of the frames one by one, and shaking off of 
