202 A MANUAL OF BEE-KEEPING. 



which remove; then apply a single drop of liquor 

 potassae, sal volatile, or chloroform, or rub well with 

 sweet oil ; either of these remedies will sometimes give 

 relief, but they are neither specifics. 



REMOVING BEES. 



It often becomes needful to remove Bees either from 

 one garden to another, a new position in the same 

 garden, or when they are sold or otherwise disposed of, 

 perhaps the perils of a long journey will have to be 

 endured. If the position of a hive be changed even a 

 few feet, the Bees on returning home from their next 

 flight get bewildered, and ofttimes lost. They do not, as 

 one would think they would, readily discover their re- 

 moved hive, and in their distress will often enter a 

 neighbouring hive, when they are most inhospitably 

 received. Care must therefore be taken that no need- 

 less removal should be made, and when it is necessary 

 let the journey be made 2 or 3 feet at a time day by day. 

 Should this not be convenient, let the stock be carried 

 I J or 2 miles away, and left there for a week or two, then 

 it may be brought back and placed where desired with 

 safety. 



Hives with Bees in them, travelling for six hours or 

 more, should always be carried mouth upwards, except 

 frame hives, where the crown-board can be removed, and 

 perforated zinc substituted. On a short journey, if the 

 hive be not removed from the floor-board, it should be 

 securely tied or nailed there, and perforated zinc be fixed 

 before the entrance, and over the feed-hole at top. 

 Swarms and stocks may be trusted for a few hours, 



